Categories: OLD Media Moves

Murray to remain Fortune editor until next year

Jeremy Barr of Ad Age reports that Fortune editor Alan Murray is likely to remain in that position until next year while he also works as Time Inc.’s chief creative officer.

Barr writes, “When recently asked how the search for Mr. Murray’s replacement was going, a Time Inc. spokeswoman said, ‘We’re not actively searching at the moment.’ Asked whether that meant that Mr. Murray would retain the job indefinitely, she replied, ‘Alan is going to remain editor of Fortune for the time being.’

“Reached over email, Mr. Murray told Ad Age: ‘I will probably remain through the middle of next year.’

“According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Mr. Murray had previously told Fortune’s staff that he would be staying through the end of the year, which makes it sound like his timeline for leaving has already been extended in recent weeks. He was named editor of the title in August 2014.

“There doesn’t seem to be a consensus, among Fortune staff, on why Mr. Murray is sticking around. ‘What I can say is that he really, really loves the brand and I’m not sure he wants to let it go,’ said the individual. ‘I don’t know how long he can maintain both gigs, but they might have to pry the magazine out of his hands.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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