Longtime Fast Company Editor Bob Safian Leaves Position for New Opportunities

Inc's editor, Eric Schurenberg, will lead both titles next year

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Bob Safian announced to his staff at Fast Company this afternoon that he would be leaving his 12-year tenure as editor near the end of January.

“Fast Company is a franchise all about change, and I have reached a point where it’s become clear that it’s time for me to make a change, too,” Safian told Adweek.

Adweek named Safian Editor of the Year in 2009 amid crisis in the publishing industry; since he started, he’s edited at least 110 issues—more than anyone else who’s held his position since the publication’s launch in 1995.

Safian will stay with his team through the end of its upcoming issue, but will look into other opportunities that he’s continually turned down over the years.

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