Amazon media chief Jeff Blackburn retires from the corporate once more

Jeff Blackburn is retiring for the second time from Amazon, the place he held quite a lot of high-profile management roles over twenty years.

Amazon stated Friday that the senior vp of world media and leisure will stay on the firm by means of early 2023 to “guarantee a easy transition.”

Blackburn joined Amazon in 1998 and has labored on a quantity initiatives on the firm together with promoting, Amazon Studios and Prime Video service and music enterprise. He helped information Amazon by means of its IPO when he was a junior funding banker at Deutsche Financial institution.

“Amazon would not be the identical firm with out Jeff, and I might wish to thank him for his many contributions to the corporate’s success to date and sooner or later,” Amazon chief Andy Jassy stated in a press release.

In Feb. 2021, Blackburn introduced the primary time he was retiring from Amazon, following a year-long sabbatical. He rejoined that Might because the senior vp of a brand new World Media & Leisure division, overseeing Amazon’s video, music, podcast, and gaming companies.

With Blackburn’s upcoming departure, Amazon stated it will make some management modifications. Mike Hopkins, the present head of Prime Video, Amazon Studios and MGM will report back to Jassy together with Steve Increase, who leads the corporate’s music and podcasting groups. Increase may also lead the corporate’s Audible, Twitch and Video games companies.

“The final 18 months have been a thrill – working with all of you in GME and launching a few of our greatest, boldest initiatives ever in leisure and sports activities,” Blackburn stated in a press release. “However I’ve determined to spend 2023 in another way, giving extra time to household, and really feel strongly that is the precise resolution for me.

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