CEO Change, You Digg? Kevin Rose Succeeds Jay Adelson

Digg founder and Diggnation co-host Kevin Rose rose to the CEO seat, succeeding Jay Adelson, who resigned to satisfy his “entrepreneurial calling.”

Employees learned the news at an all-hand-on-deck meeting Monday morning, according to Mashable, and Adelson and Rose then posted an update on the Digg Blog.

TechCrunch reported that Rose told Michael Arrington in a conversation last fall, “One of us will leave the company.”

From Adelson:

Got some news. After five years, 40 million users, and an amazing ride, I’ve decided to step down as CEO of Digg.

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