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Re:New Leadership at Blizzard by AutumnCurtain on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @10:21AM (#28049521)
She's not even "co-president", just "co-leader". Morhaime was CEO, Brack president. Odd title deflation in play here.
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Re:New Leadership at Blizzard by scruple on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @01:50PM (#28052042)
Jason Schreier had a good tweet about this title shuffle this morning. [0]

> Titles mean a lot in the corporate world. Until 2018, Mike Morhaime was CEO. When Brack took over, he was president. Now, Oneal and Ybarra are described as "co-leaders."

> A clear glimpse at who's really in charge: Bobby Kotick

[0]: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1422536264851640320

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Re:New Leadership at Blizzard by void_mint on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @01:18PM (#28051733)
When things get totally rebranded into "Blizzard, an Activision Studio" the title deflation will make sense.
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