Industry Moves: NBCU; Digital First Media; thePlatform; SMG; Adara Media
– NBCUniversal: Krishan Bhatia has been promoted to EVP, digital strategy & operations for the Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integra… Read more »
Amazon Adds Clinton Alum Gorelick To Board
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is adding a power presence in the other Washington and a corporate governance advisor to its board: Jamie Gorelick, who… Read more »
Oh Baby, Lovefilm’s CEO is Bouncing To Mothercare
After building up Lovefilm and selling it to Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), CEO Simon Calver is leaving for an unusual new challenge in retail, as CEO… Read more »
Industry Moves: Telegraph, We R Interactive, Briefing Media, Turner
Here is a round-up of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business… Read more »
Bloomberg’s Lex Fenwick Named Dow Jones CEO
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News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) has appointed Lex Fenwick as the CEO of Dow Jones & Company, filling the position left open following Les Hinton’s re… Read more »
Industry Moves: Yahoo; Warner Bros.; Future Publishing
– Yahoo: In a reorganization of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) EMEA, Marketing VP James Tipple and Marketing Director Andrew Cocker have left the compa… Read more »
Apple Picks Dixons Group CEO Browett As New Retail SVP
Napoleon once described the UK as a “nation of shopkeepers”, so it is somewhat fitting that this is where Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has gone to fin… Read more »
Three Founders Are Out At Demand Media
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Demand Media is known for churning lots of content through its sites, but today it’s notable for another churn, of the executive kind: three… Read more »
Former Palm CEO Rubinstein Leaving HP After Demise Of WebOS
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Jon Rubinstein, the former Palm CEO who revived the company under WebOS but was never able to produce a breakthrough product after HP paid $… Read more »
British Film Institute Adds A New Digital Head
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Former Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI), Tiscali and Manchester City digital executive Richard Ayers has taken up a new role heading digital busine… Read more »
Industry Moves: ESPN; Yahoo; Wikia; AdoTube
– ESPN: The sports network is seeing a reorg: John Kosner has been promoted to EVP, digital and print media, from SVP and GM of the divisio… Read more »
David Kenny Replacing Mike Kelly As CEO Of The Weather Channel Companies
In a surprise move, The Weather Channel Companies is swapping out CEOs. David Kenny is replacing Mike Kelly as CEO effective immediately; th… Read more »
Sony Ericsson’s Loss Is Apple’s Gain: iPhone Maker Hires Latin America Head
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), as it winds up as a troubled joint venture to become fully part of Sony, is spinning out some talent… Read more »
Associated Press CEO Tom Curley Stepping Down
The AP announced this morning that chief executive Tom Curley will depart later this year and that its Board of Directors has formed a searc… Read more »
RIM’s New CEO Thorsten Heins On Past Mistakes, Sell-Offs And Marketing
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RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) today held its first official call in the wake of the news last night that it had decided to appoint a new CEO, Thorsten He… Read more »
Endgame: RIM’s Balsillie, Lazaridis To Step Down From CEO Roles
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Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) has finally decided to get serious about its predicament: co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepp… Read more »
WSJ Poaches Narisetti From Washington Post
The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is head… Read more »
Industry Moves: Wiggin, Qriously, Shine 360°, Guardian; Digitas
Here are some of the latest executive-level hirings and departures from the world of digital media business… Read more »
Industry Moves: HookLogic; SwoopThat; ABCi; Digitas; Yahoo
– HookLogic: Jeff Griffin joins in the new position of president of retail. Most recently, he co-founded Interpublic Group’s Shopper Scienc… Read more »
Jerry Yang Has Left the Building; Resigns From Yahoo, Alibaba Boards
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Investors won’t have Jerry Yang to blame anymore. In a stunning move announced after the markets closed, the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) co-founder r… Read more »
Manchester City Has Got A New Head Of Digital
TV and online exec Russell Stopford is the new head of digital for one of the world’s richest soccer clubs, Manchester City. Read more »
Updated: Twitter UK Poaches BBC Sport Social Media Editor As Olympics Nears
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Twitter looks like it is ramping up its staffing and operations in the UK: today it was announced that the company will be making a new hire… Read more »
Industry Moves: Condé Ups UK Deputy, Microsoft, Boxwood
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Here are some of the latest executive hirings and exits from the world of digital media business… Read more »
Exclusive: Hearst's Kang Joins Wenner Media As Chief Digital Officer
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Wenner Media is filling the chief digital officer position that Michael Bloom left in November, after just six months on the job: David Kang… Read more »
Paul Berry, CTO: I Left HuffPost For The Startup Bug-Or In This Case, Mouse
Today it was revealed that Paul Berry, the longtime-CTO of AOL’s Huffington Post, will be leaving his role at the news site, along with the… Read more »
Industry Moves: Discovery; Amazon; Turner Broadcasting; MediaBrix
– Discovery Communications: Andrew Warren, former Liz Claiborne CFO and GE/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal executive, joins as senior executive… Read more »
Sprint Re-Org A Nod To Bring-Your-Own-Device And Piles Of Red Ink
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Sprint (NYSE: S) is retrenching a bit following an exhausting year for the company, combining its consumer and business divisions in a move… Read more »
Report: Sony's Hirai Promoted To President, Stringer Still Chairman And CEO
In a move that further sets up Kazuo Hirai as the heir apparent at Sony (NYSE: SNE), the company has promoted him to president, taking that… Read more »
Is A Finnish IT Security Entrepreneur In Line To Be Nokia's Next Chairman?
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have looked westwards for its latest CEO — the Canadian, ex-Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) executive Stephen Elop — but, in… Read more »
Report: Apple Snags Adobe, Yahoo Vet Teresi To Lead iAd Group
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has reportedly hired a new leader for its iAd effort, in hopes of getting its home-grown solution for in-app advertising… Read more »
Industry Moves: FT Alphaville, Ofcom, IPC, Archant
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Some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business… Read more »
Confirmed: A New CEO For Yahoo, Scott Thompson
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) this morning confirmed that it has appointed a new CEO, Scott Thompson, formerly the president of eBay’s payment division… Read more »
Report: Yahoo To Name PayPal Head As CEO. Sign Of A More Commercial Push?
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) faced a pretty big whack of upheavals in 2011 — not least of which was the none-too-quiet departure of their outspoken f… Read more »
New Biz Dev, Finance Hires At Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) kicks off the new year with four new hires: Russell Brown as SVP, consumer products licensing; C… Read more »
Yell Group Brings In Consultant To Implement Its New Strategy
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Yell Group is bringing in-house the consulting partner who wrote its new digital strategy, to help implement it in 2012. Read more »
Industry Moves: Macmillan; IGN; HarperCollins; Rodale
– Macmillan: Brian Napack is stepping down as president of Macmillan, effective the end of the year. In a letter to employees, he writes, “… Read more »
Ex-Cablevision COO Rutledge Turns Up As Charter CEO
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It’s trite but in this case quite true: Cablevision’s loss is Charter’s gain. Tom Rutledge, the deft cable operator who abruptly left Cablev… Read more »
Industry Moves: Main Street Connect; NatGeo; Twelvefold; uSamp; Kenshoo
– Main Street Connect Two appointments to the executive team: John Londono as COO/CTO and Karin Annus as chief content officer. A two-time… Read more »
Janet Robinson Stepping Down As NYT CEO; Memo From Arthur Sulzberger
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Janet Robinson is retiring as president and CEO of The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) at the end of the month, the company announced aft… Read more »
Industry Moves: Paul Lomax, Pace CEO, Canon Events
The latest executive arrivals and departures in the world of digital media business, in brief… Read more »
