Updated: WSJ Europe Chief Langhoff Resigns Over Ethical Concerns
Wall Street Journal’s Europe publisher and EMEA managing director Andrew Langhoff is leaving the post after helping build out the title’s co… Read more »
HarperCollins Chief Digital Officer Leaves To Head Pottermore
Charlie Redmayne, EVP and chief digital officer of HarperCollins, is leaving to become the CEO of interactive Harry Potter site Pottermore.c… Read more »
TV Veteran Dawn Ostroff To Run Condé Nast’s New Entertainment Venture
Condé Nast is get into producing TV, film and digital programing with the introduction of a new entertainment division and has brought in T… Read more »
Discovery Brings In NBCU’s JB Perrette To Run Digital
It’s been over a year since Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) had a dedicated executive at the very top to oversee digital operations,… Read more »
Another IPC Digital Director: Haymarket’s Gerry Joins Men’s Division
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Haymarket Business Media’s digital strategy director Matthew Gerry is the latest to take a similar role at IPC. He is leaving to become the… Read more »
Gannett’s Craig Dubow Resigns, Hands CEO Duties To Martore
Less than a month after taking his second medical leave in two years, Craig Dubow has resigned as Gannett’s CEO and chairman, the company sa… Read more »
Industry Moves: MSN UK, BBC.com, HuffPo Staff Up On Content; And More
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– MSN UK: Former BBC News interactive head Pete Clifton, who is now MSN UK’s exec producer, is hiring BBC Wales’ social media editor Darren… Read more »
Industry Moves: Bravo Digital; Bookish; CCC; FRWD
– Bravo Digital Media Suejin Yang has been named VP of Bravo Digital Media. She’ll manage strategic development, content, operations and ne… Read more »
Foursquare’s First European Business Exec Checks In From Google
Veteran Google (NSDQ: GOOG) executive Omid Ashtari is Foursquare’s first European employee, a business development director here, TechCrunch… Read more »
Ex-About Group Head Named CEO Of Vibrant Media
Cella Irvine, the digital advertising veteran who was ousted as CEO of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.’s About Group, will now be running… Read more »
PubMatic Brings In Ex-Time Digital Exec Kirk McDonald
Google’s pending $400 million purchase of supply-side platform AdMeld has shown, there’s a lot of interest these days services that aim to p… Read more »
NPR Turns To Public TV Vet Gary Knell As New CEO
Seven months after Vivian Schiller was ousted as president and CEO of NPR, the public radio network has turned to a public broadcast veteran… Read more »
Lee Doyle Steps Down As CEO Of WPP’s MEC
After four years as CEO of WPP Group media shop MEC, Lee Doyle is stepping down as head of the company’s North American operations. However,… Read more »
Shakeup At Paramount Claims Digital Vet Lesinski; Maguire Gets Home Media
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Tom Lesinski, who has headed digital at Paramount (NYSE: VIA) as long as it’s mattered, is out in a major reorganization that folds the Para… Read more »
AOL Rejigs Europe Leadership: Burns Out, GoViral Chiefs Up
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is restructuring its European executive leadership in a reshuffle that sees AOL Europe CEO Kate Burns leave and two toppers… Read more »
IPC Ups Thornton To Head Women’s Digital Activities
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– IPC Southbank: IPC Media’s Southbank division – which publishes Marie Claire, InStyle and Look – is promoting the digital editorial devel… Read more »
SEC Watch: Chelsea Clinton Joins IAC Board
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Chelsea Clinton — yes, that Chelsea Clinton — and Sonali De Rycker, a partner at Accel Partners in London, are joining the board of Barry… Read more »
Vacancies Open Up For The Lead Roles At Bloomberg.com And Time.com
Big changes atop digital at two major news sites today: Kevin Krim, the head of Bloomberg.com, is leaving the company, while Jim Frederick,… Read more »
Update: HP Makes It Official: Apotheker Out, Meg Whitman To Take CEO Spot
HP (NYSE: HPQ) capped off a surreal month during which it put its PC group on ice and shelved its tablet hardware group by firing CEO Leo Ap… Read more »
Report: Meg Whitman Will Be Named HP CEO When Markets Close
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Looks like HP (NYSE: HPQ) might be approaching a critical point later today. Board member Meg Whitman, according to sources, is expected to… Read more »
YouView Picks Sky’s Architect As CTO Ahead Of February Launch
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YouView has appointed BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) chief architect Chris Bramley its CTO, as it rolls toward an early-2012 launch. Read more »
With An Eye To Innovate, Nokia Names Henry Tirri CTO In Silicon Valley
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has seen a fair few management changes in the last year; but this one you could see coming from a mile away: Richard Green… Read more »
Amid Promises Of Profitability, AOL Patch Sales Head Defects To Google
Scott Colontonio is leaving AOL’s hyperlocal network Patch after little over a year to join Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Business Insider reports. T… Read more »
Weather Channel’s Digital Director To Lead International Mobile Expansion
The Weather Channel’s senior mobile and digital business development director Mike Zarrilli is being upped to a new international VP role. Read more »
Miskin Named Hearst UK Digital Director After Hachette Deal
Hachette Filipacchi UK’s digital strategy director Anna Jones is being made Hearst Magazines UK’s acting COO.
In her place, former iVillage… Read more »
Gannett’s Dubow Taking Medical Leave Again
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Chairman and CEO Craig Dubow is once again taking medical leave, the company said in a short, late afternoon press relea… Read more »
AOL’s Levick Is Spotify’s New Chief Advertising Officer
A couple of months after being jettisoned in an executive restructure, former AOL (NYSE: AOL) global advertising president Jeff Levick has s… Read more »
Frank Meehan Steps Down As INQ CEO; Co-Founder Ken Johnstone Takes Over
Frank Meehan is stepping down as the CEO of INQ, the Hutchison-owned mobile phone maker that has been a trailblazer — if a very small one -… Read more »
Changes Ahead For Millennial Media? Tech Veteran Isaac Babbs Starts As SVP
Millennial Media is one of the larger independent mobile ad companies around, and now there are signs that it could be looking to take its b… Read more »
Industry Moves: IPC Digital, Notonthehighstreet, Banijay, Catwalk Queen
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– IPC: The magazine publisher is promoting digital programme director Tara Hamilton-White (pictured) (reporting to digital director Neil Ro… Read more »
Everyday Health Puts Ex-ABC News Digital Head Slavin In Charge Of Video
Wellness news and info online network Everyday Health has been working on expanding its video content to TV for a while and it now has exec… Read more »
Industry Moves: Appia; Qualcomm; SonyEricsson; mxData; Appitalism; GoldSpot
» Appia has appointed Craig Forman as its executive chairman. He joins the white label app store company from his position as chai… Read more »
Zynga Mobile Hires Away Disney Interactive Publishing Exec Sussman
Pre-IPO Zynga continues to lure execs from competitors. The latest, paidContent has learned: Adam Sussman, who is leaving Disney (NYSE: DIS)… Read more »
Sling Media Co-Founder Blake Krikorian Joins Amazon Board
If you want any more evidence of Amazon’s ambitions in the digital media space, the latest addition to Amazon’s small board is Blake Krikori… Read more »
Industry Moves: Starz; NBCU; Zinio; Houghton Mifflin; TAN; AudienceScience
– Starz Digital Media: Mara Winokur is now SVP of digital media, business development and strategy at Starz Media — a position that makes… Read more »
Tapjoy Takes On Ex-Sony PlayStation Network Chief As Its New CMO
Tapjoy has long counted the gaming industry as the primary customer customer base for its in-app marketing and distribution services; now it… Read more »
Habbo Hotel’s CEO Checks Out, Disney Exec Takes His Room
Sulake, the Finnish company which operates the Habbo Hotel teen virtual world, is swapping its CEO. Read more »
eBay Hires Ex-Reuters Markets Head Devin Wenig
Just over a month after Devin Wenig was ousted as CEO of Reuters’ beleaguered Markets division, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has brought him as preside… Read more »
Industry Moves: Emap’s New CEO, Press Association, Rights.tv
– Emap: Following David Gilbertson’s exit, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) customer intelligence MD Duncan Painter is becoming Emap CEO, Guardian.co.uk r… Read more »
Industry Moves: Condé Nast, Populis, Briefing Media, BBC Worldwide
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– Condé Nast International is adding Malcolm Simms as its first chief technology officer, reporting to chairman Jonathan Newhouse and “lat… Read more »
