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Jai Singh, senior vice president and founding editor-in-chief of News.com, has stepped down. Singh wants to focus on restoring his health and to think about what’s next.
Dan Farber, formerly EIC of CNET-owned ZDNet and blogger at Between the Lines, was named the new EIC of CNET.
Dan took a moment to blog the update over at Between the Lines, where he also announced that Larry Dignan will take his place as EIC of ZDNet, “I’ve worked on ZDNet for more than a decade, from its initial development as a comprehensive tech portal to its integration (via acquisition in October 2000) with CNET, through the bubble and into the blogging era.”
He continued, “We have an outstanding management team in place to carry on for another decade–in addition to Larry and ZDNet managing editor David Grober, Stephen Howard-Sarin, John Potter, Josh Taylor, Marc Mendell and their respective teams are top notch. And, most importantly we have an outstanding, smart and passionate team of bloggers in our network who bring ZDNet to life every day…look for my blog soon on News.com.”
Michael Arrington who appears to have broken the news, counts 36 people writing for CNET, all of whom he states, now report to “a blogger.”
I think Dan is a blogger, a journalist, a gentleman, and a representative of first-class ethics across the board. He’s a leader. He’s a doer. CNET is lucky to have him in charge.
Congratulations Dan!
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