Yesterday, Vox Media co-founder, chair, and CEO Jim Bankoff shared the following note with staff, detailing expanded responsibilities for Pam Wasserstein and Ryan Pauley.
Team,
I’m writing to share an update on new responsibilities for Pam Wasserstein and Ryan Pauley. These changes are focused only at the leadership level, and do not impact any day-to-day operations.
Pam Wasserstein will expand her scope and grow our leadership capacity by serving as my strategic partner, as co-president and vice chair of Vox Media, working directly with me on strategic initiatives and areas of opportunity to best position our company in the changing and tumultuous media environment. In this role she will also work closely with Shyra Smart, our chief development and strategy officer, Sean Macnew, our CFO, and our general counsel Brian Leung, all of whom will continue reporting to me. Already our company president and a member of our board since we merged with New York Media in 2019, Pam is also being elevated to vice chair. New York Magazine, Vox, and Vox Media Studios will continue to report up to Pam.
Ryan Pauley will also grow his responsibilities in the new position of co-president of Vox Media. Ryan is adding oversight of our lifestyle brands (Eater, Thrillist, PS), The Verge, Polygon, SB Nation, and The Dodo to his remit. Their group publishers will report to him. He will work closely with these leaders to continue to build industry-leading editorial brands. The podcast business team led by Ray Chao, and the podcast production team led by Nishat Kurwa, will also report to Ryan. The advertising, commerce, and consumer revenue business lines, as well as marketing, will continue to separately report to Ryan.
Pam and Ryan have been invaluable partners to me as we’ve built this business in a rapidly shifting climate, and they both have a deep understanding and immense appreciation of our work. These changes will create clearer focus, faster decision making, and increased executive capacity for tackling larger strategic questions. This is particularly important given our complex, multi-brand environment. I believe that these expanded roles will best leverage Pam and Ryan’s unique strengths and areas of expertise.
I look forward to working together this year to produce more outstanding work and achieve our ambitious goals. I am grateful, as always, for your contributions.
Jim
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