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The Information’s Next Free Agents

By The Information Staff · Aug 7, 2017 7:01am PDT · 3 comments

Our newest installment of Free Agents, a look at prominent tech and media professionals between full-time roles, includes executives who were forced to leave high-profile leadership roles as well as one who stepped away voluntarily to take a work sabbatical and travel. The list features an executive who successfully rebooted a struggling fintech... Our newest installment of Free Agents, a look at prominent tech and media professionals between...

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The First Free Agents of 2017

By The Information Staff · Mar 27, 2017 7:01am PDT · 2 comments

Our latest “Free Agents”—high-profile executives between roles—includes defectors from struggling tech firms Twitter and Yahoo, as well as a handful of people who passed through Google and Facebook to take bigger roles at smaller companies.Sriram Krishnan, for instance, left a respected job at Facebook for Snap, only to... Our latest “Free Agents”—high-profile executives between roles—includes...

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What Marissa Mayer, Tony Fadell and Adam Bain Have in Common

By The Information Staff · Dec 5, 2016 7:00am PST

Our latest group of Free Agents—executives we interview who are thinking about their next gigs—includes a striking number of high-profile people who’ve had success in the past but recently fell short of their ambitions. Jason Kilar, who made his name launching Hulu, raised more than $100 million for his video startup which... Our latest group of Free Agents—executives we interview who are thinking about their next...

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The Information’s Latest Free Agents

By The Information Staff · Sep 12, 2016 7:01am PDT · 1 comment

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The Information’s Latest Free Agents

By The Information Staff · Sep 12, 2016 7:01am PDT · 1 comment

The latest installment of The Information’s Free Agents, which highlights prominent tech and media players who are in between jobs, shows the full range of reasons top executives leave a post.Some, like Disney's Chief Operating Officer Tom Staggs and SoftBank’s Nikesh Arora thought they were next in line for a bigger... The latest installment of The Information’s Free Agents, which highlights prominent tech...

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The Information’s Latest Free Agents

By The Information Staff · Apr 4, 2016 7:01am PDT · 1 comment

When companies stall, their executives look elsewhere—sometimes voluntarily, sometimes not. That’s clear from our latest installment of Free Agents, which includes two recent defectors from Twitter, a departure from Sprint and one from Millennial Media, the faltering mobile media firm recently acquired by Verizon’s AOL.All up,... When companies stall, their executives look elsewhere—sometimes voluntarily, sometimes not....

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The Information’s Newest Free Agents

By The Information Staff · Jul 6, 2015 7:00am PDT · 1 comment

In the latest installment of The Information’s Free Agents series, we highlight several people who learned a tough lesson when someone who lured them into a big new job was ousted. That includes two people from Twitter and one at Yahoo. Twitter continues to be the most reliable feeder to Free Agents and doesn’t seem like it’s about to stop. (See... In the latest installment of The Information’s Free Agents series, we highlight several people...

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The Information’s Free Agents, From Coast to Coast

By The Information Staff · Apr 13, 2015 7:00am PDT

With the tech sector hot as ever, the talent market is tightening up, and few people are staying on the sidelines for long. The Information’s Free Agents highlights executives between full-time roles, though the sixth installment includes one major exception: a top executive at an older firm who is currently interviewing for jobs elsewhere,... With the tech sector hot as ever, the talent market is tightening up, and few people are staying...

The Information’s Final Free Agents of the Year

By Amir Efrati, Tom Dotan and Steve Nellis · Dec 15, 2014 7:00am PST · 1 comment

The Information’s Final Free Agents of the Year

By Amir Efrati, Tom Dotan and Steve Nellis · Dec 15, 2014 7:00am PST · 1 comment

The fifth installment of The Information’s Free Agents, a group of prominent tech and media professionals between full-time roles, includes executives previously responsible for the images of tech giants like Intel and Facebook.Two of our free agents built some of the most storied franchises in U.S. television history, while one then... The fifth installment of The Information’s Free Agents, a group of prominent tech and media...

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The Information’s Next Free Agents

By Amir Efrati, Eric Newcomer and Tom Dotan · Aug 11, 2014 6:20am PDT · 2 comments

The fourth installment of our Free Agents series, which highlights prominent business leaders between full-time jobs, comprises a range of executives looking for their next acts. The list has some executives who were shown the door—the latest sign of how unforgiving it can be to run big tech and media companies today.The list also includes... The fourth installment of our Free Agents series, which highlights prominent business leaders...

The Information’s Latest Free Agents

By Amir Efrati · Apr 18, 2014 8:15am PDT

The third installment of our Free Agents series, which highlights notable people who are between full-time roles, features an exceptionally diverse group: the man who brought advertising to Apple; a CFO who recently left a troubled Fortune 100 tech company; an HR specialist who is surprisingly candid about her profession; and one of the rare... The third installment of our Free Agents series, which highlights notable people who are between...

Meet More of The Information’s Free Agents

By Amir Efrati · Dec 10, 2013 1:28pm PST

Yesterday we brought you the first installment of The Information's Free Agents, a feature about respected tech and media executives on the sidelines who may be looking for new opportunities.We recently spoke with the next group of Free Agents, which includes a 10-time CEO who's now a sharpshooter; a current adviser to... Yesterday we brought you the first installment of The Information's Free Agents, a feature...

Meet The Information’s Free Agents

By Amir Efrati · Dec 9, 2013 12:38pm PST

Meet The Information’s Free Agents

By Amir Efrati · Dec 9, 2013 12:38pm PST

Businesses are only as good as their people, and in the technology and media industries, talent doesn’t often stay put for long.Clashing cultures, strong personalities and strategy shifts often send big names to the exits (see former Apple executive Scott Forstall and former Microsoft executive Steve Sinofsky in the list below). Even... Businesses are only as good as their people, and in the technology and media industries, talent...