The latest from the frontlines of the world’s fastest growing companies and the teams doing the work. 

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Wilke is now the third former Amazon employee the video game retailer has pulled to build out its new executive team under the direction of board member Ryan Cohen.

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GameStop Pulls a Third Amazon Hire For its Executive Team

Employment in New York City's arts, entertainment, and recreation sectors declined by 66% as many of the city's museums and art galleries saw layoffs and furloughs. It was the most significant decline amongst all sectors in New York City. An annual global art market analysis saw that global art sales in 2020 declined by 22% from 2019 and 27% from 2018. The Org explores how the pandemic has changed the landscape of New York City's art scene.


Solo exhibition by Iranian artist Farideh Sakhaeifar at art gallery Trotter&Sholer curated by Klaudia Ofwona Draber and co-organized by KODA. Image Source: Trotter&Sholer.

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The Changing Landscape of New York City’s Art Scene

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala makes history as the first-ever woman and African to serve as Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Here are four reasons breaking down what her historic appointment means for women and the future of economic trade policy. 

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and African Director-General of the WTO. Courtesy of the WTO. 

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Why New WTO Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Africa’s Woman Of The Moment

Disney's Freeform will need a new top exec to continue producing its own content after the departure of Lynn Barrie, per Deadline. 

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Disney’s Freeform Loses Experienced Original Programming Leader

Muneera Aldossary is joining HSBC’s Saudi Unit as Chief Investment Officer according to Bloomberg, showing progressive changes in attitudes towards women in the Kingdom’s financial industry.

HSBC’s Saudi Unit hires Muneera Aldossary as Chief Investment Officer. Image Source: Shutterstock.

HSBC’s Saudi Unit hires Muneera Aldossary as Chief Investment Officer

HSBC’s Saudi Unit Hires Muneera Aldossary as Chief Investment Officer

On Monday, McDonald's announced that it has named Desiree Ralls-Morrison as the company's next General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

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McDonald’s Recruits New General Counsel After Discrimination Lawsuits

The Lionsgate Motion Picture Group has promoted Amanda Kozlowski from SVP of Digital Marketing to EVP of Head of Data Strategy & Innovation.

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Lionsgate Promotes New Data Head to Better Adapt to Streaming

Chris Ciauri, President of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Google Cloud’s business is reported to have left the company.

Google Cloud’s EMEA Sales Chief, Chris Ciauri, Leaves. Image Source: Shutterstock.

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Google Cloud’s EMEA Sales Chief, Chris Ciauri, Leaves

The recently minted Australian AI Health Alliance has the goal to provide a clearer direction for the development of artificial intelligence-driven healthcare products. Members of the alliance include brands focused on bringing about meaningful change to the way healthcare is delivered to achieve better, more equitable outcomes. Vaccines without injections, at home COVID testing kits, and AI IVF — we look at AU’s digi-health boom and the companies driving it. 

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Australia’s Digital Health Boom and the Seven Players Driving It

Detroit-based automotive titan GM has made the decision to add an NBA exec and a tech leader to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Meg Whitman (left) and Mark Tatum (right). Image credit: GM

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GM Adds Branding Expertise With NBA and Quibi Execs

BlackRock has nominated Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg to join its Board of Directors to replace long-time board member Mathis Cabiallavetta, who will not stand for re-election.

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BlackRock Recruits Verizon CEO to Its Board

The move signals that the Chinese tech company could be moving toward a highly-anticipated IPO.  


ByteDance is the parent company of the social media app TikTok. Editorial credit: Mercurious / Shutterstock.com

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ByteDance Creates New CFO Position As It Inches Toward IPO 

Jennifer Roberts is the new chief executive of consumer banking at JP Morgan Chase. She will report to Co-President Gordon Smith.

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Jennifer Roberts Named New Head of Consumer Banking at JPMorgan Chase

Owens is the latest Amazon alum to join the GameStop executive team as board member Ryan Cohen tries to reshape the company.

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GameStop Hires Former Amazon Director As New COO 

On Tuesday, Andy Jassy announced in a company-wide email that Adam Selipsky,  the CEO of Tableau, who helped launch AWS in 2005, will be returning to the company to lead Amazon’s cloud services division on May 17.

Adam Selipsky Will Replace Andy Jassy and Lead Amazon Web Services. Image Source: Tableau.

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Adam Selipsky Will Replace Andy Jassy and Lead Amazon Web Services (AWS)

In the past year, Airtable has grown its paying enterprise customers 350% and has more than doubled its valuation in the past six months. Take a look at the team, both new and old, leading the spreadsheets startup into its next chapter. 

Two Airtable employees at the company's San Francisco headquarters. Courtesy of Airtable.

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The Key Players at Airtable - The $5 Billion Spreadsheet Company

Over 50,000 earthquakes have shaken up Iceland over the past few weeks, culminating in spews of lava where hardy locals cook their sausages. But there’s more to this North Atlantic island than its volcanic activity and sulphurous culinary habits. Iceland also has a red hot startup ecosystem.

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Eight Icelandic Startup Teams to Watch in 2021

These are the most notable hires, promotions, and departures within the US tech community in the last week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's People on the Move.

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The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

These are the most notable hires, promotions, and departures within the media community in the last week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's People on the Move.

Alexi McCammond previously worked as a political reporter for Axios. Courtesy of HBO.

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The Biggest Moves in Media This Week

These are the most notable hires, promotions, and departures within the US retail community in the last week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's People on the Move.

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