Wizard changes
Wizard VP and Associate Publisher Rob Felton was found to be surplus to requirements yesterday. In addition, “Toy industry guru” and publisher Jim Silver very quietly gave notice over the last few weeks.
This is the latest (and highest) in a string of goings (no comings) at Wizard over the last few months. And oddly, people just couldn’t wait to tell us about it. (Can this same crowd please update us regularly on the comings and goings elsewhere in the biz?) Why all the glee? Well, perhaps it is because Wizard has a lot of disgruntled ex-employees now…or perhaps because their business model is so rooted in the past, and everyone has been telling them that for 7 or 8 years or so.
Speculation on the exits of Felton and Silver involved high paychecks and cost cutting.
12/11/07 at 7:58 pm
Out of all the comic book magazines sold at the local grocery store, Wizard is one of the very best.
12/12/07 at 2:35 am
[…] [Top Story] Tom Spurgeon and Heidi MacDonald hear rumors of more departures over at Wizard Magazine, including publisher Jim Silver and associate publisher Robert Felton. […]
12/17/07 at 3:22 am
How many comic book magazines can your local grocery store carry?
03/6/09 at 11:08 am
[…] • Rob Felton, the former associate publisher who was one of Wizard Entertainment’s first major layoffs back in 2007, has been hired by art-toy company Kidrobot as vice president of marketing. […]