"Donald, Pittman is coming to China.【∞八【∞八【∞Read【∞书,.︾.o＠】
After the merger of AOL and Time Warner, Steve Case, the 40-year-old founder, chairman and CEO of AOL, retained the position of chairman and is truly the number one of the new company.
Li Wen took over as the CEO of the new company and is the second-ranked person in the new company.
The 46-year-old Pittman he was talking about originally served as president and CEO of AOL. After the merger, he was the third person in charge of the new company.
Peng Bo has worked hard on the new company. He knows Pittman, a media veteran who founded MTV. He has brought huge financial resources to "America Online", so he has huge influence and power.
And his greatest talent is to successfully control new and old media. CEOs of high-tech companies such as Bill Gates, the boss of Microsoft, have long wanted to get involved in the media, and media tycoons such as Li Wen have also always wanted to get involved in high technology. He can combine the two
There are only a handful of talented people who can play around, and Pittman is the most successful one.
But when the new company is established, Pittman may not be the proud one. Peng Bo has been paying attention to the American media's reports on the new company. He feels that Pittman is not interested in the current position, because when facing reporters, he said:
"I'd rather retire, but my wife likes it."
Yes, two giants in different fields will inevitably collide at the top of "AOL-Time Warner". "Time Warner" also has senior digital management talents, such as Richard Bray, CEO of Time Media.
Sler, Jim Moloshok, president of Warner Bros. Online, etc. How to integrate them with the new company as a whole is still a question for Feikes and Levine.
His mind was running rapidly. This was a period of intense personnel turmoil in the two companies or the new company. According to his sources, the lower levels of the company were not as optimistic as the upper levels. Some former Time Warner employees joked,
As soon as you turn on the phone at work, you may hear the "goodbye" sound when "AOL" users log out.
Whether Time Warner and AOL can overcome this hurdle depends on Pittman's coordination skills.
"When will he come?" Peng Bo asked in English.
"As I mentioned to you, the schedule has already been arranged, it will be in a week." Li Wen said.
"One week! That's too stressful," Peng Bo had rich experience in this field in his previous life. He was very familiar with the operation of the agency. In China, the schedule of leaders at the Shanghai and Shanghai levels has been arranged long ago. At this time, Botman
It will be difficult to see anyone in the future. “Can he postpone his trip later?”
"I'm afraid not." Li Wen's voice was apologetic. He knew that Botman's arrival would most likely disrupt Peng Bo's schedule. "But Donald, you have to pay attention to him." Li Wen's tone was as calm as ever, but
Peng Bo seemed to feel the pressure, "After the merger of the new company, Case and I, as well as Boutman and Turner, were very dissatisfied with Ma Kebao..."
Turner, the former vice chairman of Time Warner, his position remained unchanged after the establishment of the new company, but his ranking dropped to fourth place.
Peng Bo didn't speak, he was listening to Li Wen's voice quietly.
"Botman attaches great importance to the Asia-Pacific business, and we are going to replace the president of the Asia-Pacific region..." Li Wendao said, "Now your opportunity has come, but Botman is not familiar with you..."
Understood.
Peng Bo understood that although the new company was established, the Asia-Pacific president Ma Kebao was from the original Time Warner, but the third-in-command Botman was from the original AOL. Now Botman came to China and wanted Ma Kebao to
However, Li Wen still hopes that someone from Time Warner will replace Ma Kebao.
And I am his first choice!
"By the way, Donald, you need to know more about Botman." Li Wen urged, "Also, William Poulos must also follow Botman to China..."
William Poulos, the former vice president of Forbes Asia, was warmly received by Peng Bo in Hengdian, but he wanted to kick Peng Bo away and start a new business. Peng Bo immediately gave him a loud slap in the face with the "50 People in 50 Years List"
.
However, this person later switched to AOL, and now he wants to come to China again.
"Pittman was chief operating officer, and after the new company was formed, he promoted several long-time staffers to positions of power. Stunz was responsible for cross-department operations, such as selling cross-department advertising agreements, and Cohen was responsible for his long-term media experience.
Research, responsible for consumer and marketing research, while William Prosler, due to his public relations consulting background, is responsible for the public relations and investor relations operations..."
In short, in Chinese terms, William is now Pittman's confidant!
"But, Li Wen, I don't have time to prepare now." Li Wen said to himself
Since he is like a nephew, Peng Bo can only tell the truth.
"No, you don't know you Botman yet. Botman said that within this week, he will definitely arrive in China within this week. Of course, it's hard to say which day this week, or it will be tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, or anything.
It is difficult for a person to change his mind under anything; moreover, he will meet with Mr. Keyes and Bill Gates in a week, and his trip to China cannot be postponed any longer."
Li Wen smiled on the phone, "He is here for inspection. I hope you can pass his assessment so that we can work together in the future..."
Peng Bo breathed a long sigh of relief and said nothing.
"Yes, you may have guessed that things are not going smoothly between him and me," Li Wen said bluntly, "You are the president of Time Warner China. If you perform poorly, I think he has an excuse to arrange for someone else to be the president of Asia Pacific.
of……"
Palace fight?
Unfortunately, I am caught in the middle of foreigners' court battles.
Peng Bo was stunned for a moment and then laughed. Apparently Li Wen and Botman had competed for the position of CEO. In this battle, Botman lost and only retained the position of COO. Maybe no one liked it.
My list was published by Time Warner, and I, the president of China, was hired by Li Wen on behalf of Time Warner. However, as long as Boutman is not satisfied, I will be laid off.
However, now is not the time to fall out with AOL Time Warner, but to use the new company to enhance its reputation at home and abroad.
After hanging up the phone, Peng Bo was stunned on the spot, but just a few seconds later, he rushed into the house to pack his luggage, "Da Bing, tell your parents that I will go back to Shanghai, right, right away."
He snatched the mobile phone from Peng Bing's hand and said, "Do you want to change your mobile phone? Let's talk about it next time..."
Chen Feng drove straight to the highway intersection, and Peng Bo called Wu Qianyu, but no one answered the phone. This rarely happened.
There was no other way, so he called Heinwei again. Heinwei was very surprised. In just two days, he was going to return to Shanghai. This was the biggest surprise for her, but when she heard
When Bautman was about to come to China, she immediately asked quietly, "Is this Bautman a friend or an enemy?"