6 posts and columns on successor

Intel Courted HP Executive

in News on March 21, 2011 at 7:40 am PT

Intel Corp., which long has chosen internal candidates for most of its top management jobs, recently negotiated with a prominent Hewlett-Packard Co. executive about taking a senior position at the chip maker, people familiar with the matter said. The executive–Todd Bradley, who heads HP’s personal-computer business–decided earlier this month to remain with the company, the people said.

Condé Nast Digital Head Sarah Chubb Out

in Media on February 7, 2011 at 12:47 pm PT

This shouldn’t be a shock, given that Condé Nast has been reorging and restructuring its digital operations for a couple of years now: Condé Nast Digital head Sarah Chubb is leaving the company after 20 years. She hasn’t announced a new job; Condé says it will announce a replacement “in the coming weeks.”

Game Changer? Sony Uncrates Next Generation Portable

in News on January 27, 2011 at 7:03 am PT

Sony stepped up its game in the mobile gaming market this morning by uncrating the Next Generation Portable, the successor to the dusty PlayStation Portable. A radical redesign of the PSP, the device promises a PlayStation 3-level gaming experience in a handheld form factor.

CBS Interactive Head Neil Ashe Stepping Down

in News on December 8, 2010 at 10:57 am PT

Neil Ashe, president of CBS Interactive, is stepping down from his post. CBS confirmed the move after BoomTown made inquiries recently, after hearing of various executives who had been contacted by the media giant about the position. It is not clear where Ashe is headed, nor who his replacement will be.

EMC Poaches Top Intel Exec

in News on September 14, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Thirty years at Intel was evidently more than enough for Pat Gelsinger. He’s giving up his job as senior VP of the company’s Digital Enterprise Group to run EMC’s storage-products operations, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Google Still Shuffling Sales Force: “Self-Serve” Exec David Fischer Steps Aside

in Media on September 2, 2009 at 9:53 am PT

Five months after Google sales boss Tim Armstrong left for AOL, his old company is still reshaping its sales group. The latest move: David Fischer, who ran the company’s core self-serve ad business, is going on sabbatical later this month and will return to a different post. Newish sales boss Nikesh Arora says he hasn’t found a successor for Fischer and will step into his shoes in the meantime.
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