Senior Vice President of Business Development at Amazon Jeff Blackburn (R) and Anne Blackburn go to the The IMDb Dinner Party at the Sundance Film Festival provided by Dolby on January 28, 2019 in Park City, Utah.
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Jeff Blackburn is retiring for the 2nd time from Amazon, where he held a variety of prominent management functions over 20 years.
Amazon stated Friday that the senior vice president of worldwide media and home entertainment will stay at the business through early 2023 to “ensure a smooth transition.”
Blackburn signed up with Amazon in 1998 and has actually dealt with a number efforts at the business consisting of marketing, Amazon Studios and Prime Video service and music company. He assisted guide Amazon through its IPO when he was a junior financial investment lender at Deutsche Bank.
“Amazon wouldn’t be the same company without Jeff, and I’d like to thank him for his many contributions to the company’s success thus far and in the future,” Amazon chief Andy Jassy stated in a declaration.
InFeb 2021, Blackburn revealed the very first time he was retiring from Amazon, following a year-long sabbatical. He rejoined that May as the senior vice president of a brand-new Global Media & & Entertainment department, managing Amazon’s video, music, podcast, and video gaming companies.
With Blackburn’s upcoming departure, Amazon stated it would make some management modifications. Mike Hopkins, the present head of Prime Video, Amazon Studios and MGM will report to Jassy together with Steve Boom, who leads the business’s music and podcasting groups. Boom will likewise lead the business’s Audible, Twitch and Games companies.
“The last 18 months have been a thrill – working with all of you in GME and launching some of our biggest, boldest projects ever in entertainment and sports,” Blackburn stated in a declaration. “But I’ve chose to invest 2023 in a different way, providing more time to household, and feel highly this is the best choice for me.
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