Yahoo News Head Khemlani Departs for Hearst as VP Digital Media
Neeraj Khemlani (pictured here), Yahoo’s general manager and executive editor of news, is set to leave his job-right in the midst of a major restructuring of its media unit-to work at Hearst Corp.
Khemlani’s departure could be announced to his staff at Yahoo (YHOO) as early as today.
While Khemlani was in line to head one of the three main prongs of the new content organization, running a possible network programming arm, sources inside and outside Yahoo said he instead has opted to take a job offer as VP and Special Assistant to the CEO for Digital Media at Hearst.
Khemlani is not leaving due to the upcoming changes at Yahoo, said sources, but because he got a "compelling" offer working with a more traditional media company, in a range of businesses from newspapers and magazines to broadcast, helping turbocharge its digital efforts.
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