Jack Griffin Forced Out at Time Inc.
Jack Griffin – who only came aboard at Time Inc. in August – was fired late last night. In what was an unually harsh internal memo, Jeffrey L. Bewkes, CEO of Time’s parent company Time Warner, said, “I concluded that his leadership style and approach did not mesh with Time Inc. and Time Warner.”
The reasons for the swift change seem to be plenty. Jeremy Peters says when Griffin implemented changes – such as separating the news and sports groups – it was met with resistance from other executives.
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