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Nylon Media, publisher of an edgy fashion magazine and digital platforms, has tapped a replacement for its short-lived former chief revenue officer.

The new CRO is Sean Cullinane, formerly vice president of sales at Crisp Media. He replaces Carrie Reynolds, an executive who came from bridal publisher XO Media in April and left in July.

Cullinane apparently arrived quietly two weeks ago, an appointment by Diversis Capital Chairman Marc Luzzatto — who is also chairman of Nylon — to bring in more digital expertise.

Michelle Lee, who was named editor-in-chief in late 2014, recently added chief marketing officer to her title as the company aims to amp up its native advertising.

But the business side has been in a state of flux for some time, even before it was sold to Diversis by Donald Hellinger’s Quadra Media in May 2014.

Hellinger and associates had acquired controlling interest from the husband and wife founders, Jaclynn and Marvin Scott Jarrett. The sale was hastened because Hellinger was in a federal prison at the time on a money-laundering charge (that was unrelated to his media holdings).

The Jarretts have since gone on to found a new digital pop culture operation, Popular, but are still angry at their old partners and the new owners, claiming that the title was sold against their will.

They had a 49 percent stake but were blind-sided when the majority owner sold it out from under them.

A California state court judge turned down a motion by the Jarretts to grant a restraining order that would have rescinded the sale. The judge instead urged the feuding parties to try to reach an out-of-court settlement.

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