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Time Inc's Digital News Honcho Vivek Shah Leaving

PaidContent  Nov 02 09

Vivek Shah, the digital head at news division of Time Inc, is leaving the company after 15 years, paidContent has learned and confirmed from the company. He is there till the end of this year and transition plans are being worked out. Technically the company won’t be hiring a replacement, but out of the four digital GMs who were reporting to Shah, John Cantarella, Time.com’s GM, will become the uber GM, so to speak, with others reporting into him. Shah told me: “After 15 years at Time Inc, this is a perfect time for me to depart. There are all sorts of possibilities in the digital word and I will be exploring it. Full story...

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