ShareThis Hires AdSense Vet as CEO

Kurt Abrahamson takes job; founder Schigel remains as chairman

ShareThis, a widely used content sharing widget, has its sights on advertising dollars and has hired ad industry vet Kurt Abrahamson as CEO to lead the charge.

Cincinnati resident Tim Schigel has run the Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup since 2005; he’ll remain on as chairman. Schigel, who founded the company, is more of a launch guy, he said, whereas Abrahamson’s talents lie in scaling out an existing business.

Abrahamson cut his advertising teeth as director of the content media group within Google AdSense, and then as CEO of SocialMedia.com,

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