In a message to staff, Publisher Paul Keep notified staff that Darin E., a key component of the ‘new’ copy desk, had decided to leave and take a job with a non-profit agency. His wife, a part-time reporter has also chosen to leave as well. Not sure if she was part of the new company’s plans.
His new job will require him to commute more than an hour each day, but apparently still more attractive than remaining on the Titanic. The business editor, or what used to be the business editor in Grand Rapids, Chris K., has decided to turn down an offer with the new company and is taking a job in PR in Grand Rapids.There is an unconfirmed report of at least one additional reporter who had been tapped to stay on deciding to take a severance instead. Hmmmmmm.
So the reshaping of the new MLive Media Group leadership team continues.
Free From Editors will be dark for about a week. I have appreciated your support of this blog over the past four years and look forward to a better new year for my former colleagues in the news business. Enjoy the Christmas holiday and may you have a Happy New Year’s. I will be checking e-mails, so feel free to continue to send me information.
3 comments:
Feels like deja vu all over again. Recall the big buyout in Flint. Many talented, key people they thought they would build the "new thing" around — but never really courted — all bailed. That's not leadership. That's self-deception.
Good luck Darin! This is a huge loss for the company.
Matt Kraner is moving from annarbor.com to NJ.com.
http://annarbor.com/news/annarborcom-ceo-matt-kraner-to-take-new-position-as-president-of-njcom/
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