Head of Glenn Becks Media Empire Quits As The Blaze Burns Down

Daily Beast ^ | 1/30/16 | LLoyd Grove

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Kraig Kitchin will stay with the company, but resigned from the top job after friction with fellow Beck executive Jonathan Schreiber. A ‘mass exodus’ of staff may follow. In what knowledgeable observers say is a sign of increasing turmoil in Glenn Beck’s troubled media empire, Beck’s longtime mentor and corporate executive, Kraig Kitchin, has quit as CEO of The Blaze. Kitchin’s replacement, Stewart Padveen, a digital startup entrepreneur who joined Beck’s company last summer, will be the fourth leader of The Blaze since late 2014. Kitchin, 54, who took over operations of Beck’s conservative-leaning subscription digital and cable television enterprise last June—after two previous CEOs abruptly left in the space of six months—is resigning along with two other senior executives: Jeremy Price, director of advertising sales, and Liz Julis, director of marketing. Both are based in New York, 1,500 miles removed from corporate headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. Several other key employees, including at least two senior producers based in The Blaze’s shrinking New York operation, are expected to follow them out the door.

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Head of Glenn Becks Media Empire Quits As The Blaze Burns Down Daily Beast

| 1/30/16 | LLoyd Grove
Posted on 1/30/2016, 2:02:27 PM by DeathBeforeDishonor1

Kraig Kitchin will stay with the company, but resigned from the top job after friction with fellow Beck executive Jonathan Schreiber. A mass exodus of staff may follow. In what knowledgeable observers say is a sign of increasing turmoil in Glenn Becks troubled media empire, Becks longtime mentor and corporate executive, Kraig Kitchin, has quit as CEO of The Blaze.

Kitchins replacement, Stewart Padveen, a digital startup entrepreneur who joined Becks company last summer, will be the fourth leader of The Blaze since late 2014. Kitchin, 54, who took over operations of Becks conservative-leaning subscription digital and cable television enterprise last June after two previous CEOs abruptly left in the space of six months is resigning along with two other senior executives: Jeremy Price, director of advertising sales, and Liz Julis, director of marketing. Both are based in New York, 1,500 miles removed from corporate headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas.

Several other key employees, including at least two senior producers based in The Blaze shrinking New York operation, are expected to follow them out the door.

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Beck endorsing Cruz was all about Beck making himself relevant. I can’t believe Cruz didn’t see it.