Breaking News: Google CIO Douglas Merrill Quits Becomes President of EMI April 1, 2008
Posted by John Furrier in Technology.Tags: Douglas Merrill, google
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Update: People within EMI are saying that they are lining up mainstream media exclusives for tomorrow either NY Times or WSJ and want to kill all blog coverage.
More brain drain at Google. Google CIO Douglas Merrill quits and becomes the president of EMI. I just confirmed from a source that Douglas Merrill sent out an email resigning from Google to join EMI as president. Word has it that he will be figuring out the next business models for EMI.
Going to EMI is interesting in that the music industry is trying to become more relevant in their business models.
More as this develops. Here is Douglas Merrill talking about innovation at Google – now he’ll be at EMI trying to figure out innovation in an industry that needs innovation.
All Things D has the story. I like the quote that John P found…
Is this for real or am I gonna find a rick astley video buried in there somewhere?
-M
[...] CIO Douglas Merrill has reportedly resigned from the company. He’ll join EMI as president. Details to follow … Print [...]
it’s confirmed in that he sent emails out to folks and confirm with sources in LA. Lets see if he can bring innovation to EMI who are stuck in quicksand with their business model…
I heard that he has had ambitions much higher than what Google offered
[...] departures: Google VP Engineering Douglas Merrill has resigned, a source says (and confirmed here), and will be joining UK and NY-based big music label EMI Group as [...]
[...] back on publishing. One of the company’s top engineering vice presidents, Douglas Merrill, is leaving for a new job at troubled music label [...]
[...] またひとり、脱Google社員リストに加わった。情報筋によると、Googleのエンジニアリング VP Douglas Merrillが退社した（ここでも確認された）。退社後は英国のニューヨーク拠点の大物音楽レーベルであるEMIグループの社長に就任する。 [...]
[...] Google CIO Douglas Merrill is leaving Google to be the president of EMI. We have now turned the corner where CIO skills are the new CEO. Geek is the new business. EMI needs help in their business model which in turn translate to technical business model. [...]
[...] digital unit, apparently in an attempt to add more digital mojo at the company. The news was first reported here and then confirmed by News.com. He will stay in California, even though EMI is based in London…he [...]
[...] Furrier got most of this one right: Google VP of Engineering Douglas Merrill is leaving Mountain View for…somewhere in California, [...]
Really funny hoax
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[...] CIO를 역임한 Douglas Merrill이 EMI 디지탈 유닛의 회장으로 자리를 옮겼다. 구글에서 혁신을 강조하던 그가 차세대 비지니스 모델 발굴을 통해 [...]
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[...] sumber, EMI Group akan memberikan eksklusif Press Release secepatnya, dan masih memilih antara New York [...]
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[...] CIO becomes EMI’s President When I read this this morning I thought this is an April Fools joke but my friends at EMI just confirmed it: Douglas [...]
[...] is from John Furrier that Google Chief Information Officer Douglas Merrill is leaving the company to become president of [...]
[...] 2, 2008 · No Comments It seemed like an April fools joke but apparently it’s true that EMI has hired Douglas Merrill, the CIO of Google. [...]
[...] αυτός ο ντόρος παραπάνω για τον CIO του google Douglas Merill, ο οποίος [...]
[...] departures: Google VP Engineering Douglas Merrill has resigned, a source says (and confirmed here), and will be joining UK and NY-based big music label EMI Group as President.Merrill joined Google [...]
[...] you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.Thanks for visiting!Well, well, well. It turns out that Douglas Merrill, former Google CIO, is heading off to struggling record group, [...]
[...] do Google e uma vez que a notícia foi divulgada a 1 de Abril, tendo ainda para mais partido de um blog pouco conhecido, muita gente pensou que se tratava de mais uma brincadeira de mau gosto do Dia das Mentiras que [...]
[...] Google CIO Douglas Merrill Becomes President of EMI [...]
[...] who I respect and with whom I have agreed a lot in the past, recently hired by Warner Bros Records. Another recent notable hire is that of Google’s former CIO Doug Merrill by the flailing EMI Records. My first question [...]
Nice video! Thanks for sharing.
[...] who I respect and with whom I have agreed a lot in the past, recently hired by Warner Bros Records. Another recent notable hire is that of Google’s former CIO Doug Merrill by the flailing EMI Records. My first question is, [...]
Well.. why not make a change, seems like a new challenge
[...] The leader behind EMI’s efforts for digital music downloads through their own service is Douglas Merrill. Merill came to EMI as the President as the former CIO of Google. [...]
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Old news, but this was interesting at the time, read again