Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.02.09
Playboy Fills CEO Spot; News Corp. Names New No. 2
June 2, 2009
According to the
Chicago Tribune , Freedom Communications Inc. president and CEO
Scott Flanders will join Playboy Enterprises as CEO. The position has been empty since
Christie Hefner, daughter of Hugh, stepped down in January. Since then, the company
moved its editorial operations to Chicago,
appointed Jimmy Jellinek editorial director of the magazine and Web site while dumping
Christopher Napolitano, and has been
rumored to be on the market. Print and digital revenue
dropped 26 percent in the first quarter of 2009, so Flanders obviously has some work ahead of him...