Our publisher-at-large Jason Weisberger has apparently taken on a night job as an ad world bigshot. He was named COO of the Mediabrands Ventures division of Interpublic, one of the world's largest advertising companies. Congrats, Jason! Please don't let it interfere with your real work blogging about blind seals and working on the much larger Boing Boing media conspiracy. From Media Post (photo by Bart Nagel):
(Mediabrands Ventures CEO Matt) Freeman added that the appointment of Weisberger to oversee Mediabrands Ventures more than 2,000-person organization – about a third of Mediabrands 6,500-person workforce – is telling, because he does not have a traditional agency background, but instead comes out of the worlds of publishing and technology.In addition to Federated Media (where he was formerly COO), Weisberger has a long track record in digital publishing, and continues to actively serve as publisher of pop culture blog Boing Boing.
"Mediabrands Taps Federated's (and Boing Boing's!) Weisberger As COO Of Ventures Unit"
