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CMP Said to Name CEO This Week

Following Weitzner’s departure, company ready to name top post.

Jason Fell FolioMag.com
02/26/2008

Nearly two months without a day-to-day CEO, CMP may be ready to announce a successor to Steve Weitzner, who was moved from CEO to chairman earlier this year and left the company for rival publisher Ziff Davis Enterprise shortly after. I have heard from multiple sources that the announcement could come before the end of the week.

Although no one’s talking, a logical choice candidate would be Tony Uphoff, CMP’s Business Technology Group president. Uphoff is a 20-plus-year industry veteran and is no rookie to the CMP brand. In the 1990s he served as BTG president and group publisher, and was publisher of InformationWeek. Last year, he rejoined CMP from Nielsen Business Media, where he was publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and president of the Film & Performing Arts Group.

Whether or not Uphoff gets the nod—or is the only hire—remains to be seen.

Oh, and don’t be surprised if a restructuring happens shortly after the announcement.

 


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