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Wolff out as Adweek editorial director

Adweek.com
Rumors about Adweek execs being unhappy with editorial director Michael Wolff first surfaced two months ago in the New York Post and have heated up since. ("He's not being fired," the magazine parent's chairman insisted last week.) Adweek finally announced this morning that Wolff is being replaced by executive editor Jim Cooper. He'll oversee the day-to-day operations of Adweek and Adweek.com, effective immediately. "I've had a fantastic time at Adweek,” says Wolff. “It's been my privilege to be part of the brilliant transformation of the magazine and site. I can't rave enough about Adweek's remarkable staff. I am sad to leave but sure the talent here will continue to do great things." Cooper says in a letter to readers that Adweek's redesign "has drawn rave reviews from all corners of our readership" and "traffic has exploded since re-launch." He adds:

If we have learned anything in the past year, it is that those who stand still in the media business won’t be in it for long. Flexibility, partnership and speedy execution will win the day and be the hallmarks of Adweek as we approach the future.
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Adweek owner says Wolff isn’t being fired

WSJ.com | paidContent.org
Gawker reported on Friday that Adweek editor Michael Wolff will be ousted for someone with stronger ties to the advertising world. Not so, says the chairman of Adweek owner Prometheus Global Media. “Michael’s name is still on the masthead. He’s not being fired," says Jimmy Finkelstein. "If I were going to fire someone, it would not be in the pages of the magazine or a news site. We do have differences, but we’re working through them to continue to build Adweek.”

The Wall Street Journal's Russell Adams also talked to Finkelstein, and reports the Prometheus chairman didn't exactly throw his support behind Wolff, "but he didn’t throw him under the bus, either." Finkelstein told Adams that Adweek under Wolff is doing “very well” and that while there are “some issues along the fringe,” the “statistics are good.”

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Report: Adweek’s Wolff to be replaced by editor with stronger ties to ad world

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The New York Post reported two weeks ago that Jimmy Finkelstein, who hired Michael Wolff to overhaul Adweek, was looking for a replacement after deciding that his editor is -- in the Post's words -- "a controversial highbrow who has alienated old-line Madison Avenue types." Wolff shrugged off that report -- the second one in the Post in just weeks. Now Hamilton Nolan hears that as soon as today, Adweek bosses will announce that Wolff is being replaced by an editor with stronger ties to the advertising trade world. "You didn't do a bad job, Michael Wolff," writes Nolan. "You're just not the man for this job. (And you'll soon have a better job, I bet!)"
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