Boston Phoenix Editor to Lead VVM Web Operations
By AAN Staff
october 26, 2006 09:40 am
Bill Jensen is leaving Beantown to take command of Web operations for
Village Voice Media. The math is simple: Jensen's departure is a loss for
the Phoenix and a gain for VVM. "It's always a disappointment to lose solid
talent,"says Peter Kadzis, executive editor of Phoenix Media/Communications
Group. VVM Executive Editor Mike Lacey seems to have had his sights set on
Jensen;
according to the Phoenix, Jensen was offered, and declined, the job
of editing the Village Voice earlier this year. “Like Vito Corleone, Mike
Lacey must have made Bill an offer he couldn’t refuse,” Kadzis says. In
a press release, Lacey and CEO Jim Larkin announce that Jensen's "arrival
coincides with a major expansion of staffing as we move to hire a new group
of dedicated Web editors and designers."