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Rosensweig to Leave Guitar Hero; Takes Over as CEO of Online Textbook Rental Start-Up Chegg

Kara Swisher in News on February 2, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

Longtime Silicon Valley exec Dan Rosensweig is stepping down as president and CEO of the Guitar Hero division of Activision Blizzard to take a new job as CEO of Chegg, the top online textbook rental start-up. The move is unexpected given that the former Yahoo COO landed the job running the top gaming franchise in March of last year.

Viral Video: When Forests Attack–Al Gore Is Taping Toy Guns to Trees

Kara Swisher in News on November 23, 2009 at 7:00 am PT

Former VP and full-time envirogod Al Gore, who appeared at the fourth D: All Things Digital in May 2006, turned out to be a very funny guy onstage. And he’s funny on television too, as you can see from his appearance this past weekend on “Saturday Night Live.” In the bit, Gore talks about getting his crazy on to get folks to not forget about global warming.