Economist president Cohn named CEO of Baltimore Banner

Bob Cohn, the president of The Economist Group, has been named chief executive officer of The Baltimore Banner.

Liz Bowie of The Banner website writes, “Cohn covered the U.S. Supreme Court and the White House for Newsweek in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the executive editor of Stanford Magazine, The Industry Standard and Wired.

“Cohn arrived at The Atlantic in 2009 from Wired and helped build the website into the economic engine for the magazine. In 2014, he moved into a business role as president, overseeing editorial, advertising, marketing and subscriptions. ‘In Bob’s tenure as president, we’ve grown from 180 staff to 440, from 15 million readers to 30 plus million, from halting revenue growth to 60% growth over five years,’ David G. Bradley, The Atlantic’s media chairman, wrote in a letter to staff announcing Cohn’s departure in 2019. He described Cohn as ‘the central animating figure’ in revolutionizing the publication.

“Hayley Romer, who worked with Cohn at The Atlantic as publisher and chief revenue officer, said Cohn was expert at weaving the disparate viewpoints and interests of staff at a news organization into one. ‘He has a huge growth mindset — this is something very special and standout about him,’ she said, describing him as intelligent and good at managing people.”

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