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People mag managing editor Hackett out in shakeup

In the first major magazine shakeup of the new year, Larry Hackett is out as managing editor of Time Inc.’s People and Mark Golin is out as group editor of the publisher’s style and entertainment group.

Jess Cagle, the managing editor of Entertainment Weekly, another Time Inc. title, was named to replace Hackett atop People.

Cagle will also be the editorial director of EW.

A new editor for EW will be named shortly, the company said.

Time Inc. insiders are bracing for more changes and cutbacks as Time Warner prepares to spin off the publishing division into a separate corporation later this year.

The move is the first editor change since Joe Ripp became the CEO.

Ripp had all the editors report to business side executives.

Cagle was overseeing print and digital operations. The People magazine moves were made by executive vice president for the style and entertainment group, David Geithner, and the Chief Content Officer Norm Pearlstine.

Hackett, who was People managing editor going back to 2006, had been the hand-picked successor of Martha Nelson at the title.

Once she resigned as editor-in-chief at Time Inc. in November, most people were counting the days for the ax to fall on People.

Although it is still the most profitable title in the empire, and the top- grossing magazine for ads in the US, like most titles in the celebrity category, it has been struggling for newsstand sales.

Hackett, 52, seemed sanguine about the change. “I’ve had a great run. It’s been a delight and privilege to work with these people,” Hackett told The Post. “I’ll take a break and figure out where to go next.”

Hackett joined People in 1998 from the Daily News. He is the second-longest serving editor of the magazine after founding Managing Editor Richard Stolley.

Hackett missed setting the all-time People editor longevity record by only two months.

Golin, a former editor in chief of Maxim and Details, actually had a 14-year career at Time Warner, working at Moviephone and AOL — before moving over to Time Inc., where he started Office Pirates, a now-closed website.

Golin’s biggest claim to fame is working on the development of People.com, the most profitable digital property in the company.