Google CIO Moves to EMI
No, this is not the next George Clooney - his name is Douglas Merrill and he was the CIO of Google... until yesterday, when the blogosphere lit up with stories about his departure from Google to EMI to take over as president [HT: John Furrier].
Yes, you read that right: an ex-Google executive is now president of one of the largest music labels in the world.
Talk about taking on a new challenge - moving from the internet company that seems to have everyone talking and wanting jobs to an industry that has been reeling for years, bleeding sales, and still hasn't figured out what the next model should look like! I'm not sure whether to give him props for stepping up to the plate or to just give him the old fashioned "What are you - stupid?!?". I guess we'll have to see how EMI does - they're obviously banking on a little Google magic...
Nice.
Ya know, at first glance this dude looks like Jay.
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Posted by: Chad Jarnagin | April 05, 2008 at 12:12 AM
wow...that is really crazy. Will be interesting to see if EMI ends up in some sort of partnership with Google in some way.
Posted by: Stevo28andGrowing | April 04, 2008 at 08:14 AM
Interesting. A technologist to bring EMI further into the digital realm and revamp it's business model.
He'll have his work cut out for him! Looking forward to see what this means down the road for fans of music.
Posted by: Mark | April 03, 2008 at 07:57 AM