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Microsoft Plugs In Some New Presidents

in News on October 1, 2010 at 12:43 pm PT

For those of you scoring at home, it’s time to update your hand-drawn Microsoft org chart. Here are the lineup changes at the presidential level, as announced today: Kurt DelBene becomes president of the Business Division, which includes Office, replacing Stephen Elop, who left to head Nokia. The mobile and gaming units, which had been combined under the now departed Robbie Bach, are independent again, with Andy Lees taking the helm of Mobile Communications and Don Mattrick leading Interactive Entertainment.

Apple Ad Guru: I’m Not Going Anywhere

in Media on October 30, 2009 at 1:57 pm PT

Lee Clow, who gets credit for a couple decades worth of Apple’s iconic advertising campaigns, wants us to know that he isn’t going anywhere. Cool! Now, take a look at some Apple ads.
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AOL: More Org Chart Shuffles Coming; So Are Ad Dollars. But Mum on Microsoft.

in Media on September 21, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

CEO Tim Armstrong says he’s still overhauling the Internet company in advance of its spinoff from Time Warner, but he has hopeful noises to make about ad sales. He has nothing, however, to say about chats with Microsoft.
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YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen Moves On, Stays with Google

in Media on June 30, 2009 at 10:50 am PT

YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, who oversaw the company’s technical operations as it grew from an upstart to the world’s biggest video site, no longer works at the site day-to-day. This is old news, literally: Chen left his spot as chief technology officer last fall, though he remains employed at Google, which bought his company for $1.65 billion in 2006.
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Chris DeWolfe Likely to Step Down as MySpace CEO; News Corp. Talking to Facebook Veteran Owen Van Natta

in Media on April 22, 2009 at 11:41 am PT

MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe is likely to be on his way out of the company he helped found, and News Corp., which bought the social network in 2005, has a single potential successor in mind. Sources say that person is former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta, who is currently CEO of music start-up Project Playlist. People familiar with the matter tell me that DeWolfe and News Corp., specifically new digital boss Jon Miller, are discussing a leadership change today.
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