Newsweek’s Ex-President to Head Buzzwire Inc.
Wall St. Journal, December 08, 2008
Greg Osberg, who in September resigned as president of Newsweek, has been hired as chief executive officer of Buzzwire Inc., a Denver mobile-video company.
The two-year-old Buzzwire helps mobile carriers and content producers publish video and Internet radio on mobile devices. It worked on Verizon Wireless’s m.vcast service, which lets users view and share videos on their cellphones, and also counts as clients AT&T Inc. and Alltel Corp., which has now been acquired by Verizon.
Buzzwire founder Andrew MacFarlane said he intends to expand the company’s slate of products and wanted a CEO with experience in the transition of content from print to the Web, which he said is now being replicated in the shift of online content to mobile devices.
Mr. Osberg, 51 years old, spent most of the past 18 years at Newsweek, where he launched a mobile version of the magazine in 2006 and re-launched Newsweek.com last year. Mr. Osberg also spent three years as president of sales and marketing for CNET.
