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Evolve Media Buys AfterEllen.com

Los Angeles-based online publisher Evolve Media said yesterday that it has acquired AfterEllen.com, a lesbian-focused community website, from Viacom Media Networks. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. AfterEllen.com covers television, movies, celebrities, lifestyle, pop culture and other topics of interest to the lesbian community. AfterEllen.com said that current Editor in Chief Karman Kregloe will step down to "embark on some new adventures", with the top editing role to be assumed by Trish Bendix, who was most recently the site's Managing Editor. AfterEllen becomes part of Evolve Media's TotallyHer unit.