Safran Media Group acquired by AR&D: With Heaton now

I am thrilled to announce that I have joined the Media 2.0 practice of the terrific consulting firm AR&D. The firm, led by President Jerry Gumbert, has acquired Safran Media Group and has given me the privilege of working with my longtime mentor and good friend Terry Heaton. I am now Sr. Vice President of Media 2.0 at AR&D. Thanks to Jerry, who worked with me on the acquisition which enables me to stay put in Boston (the firm is based in Ft. Worth) and help build our client base from here. Jerry, Terry and the AR&D team want to show media outlets how to make the absolute best use of their web properties and make strong businesses out of that online presence. The best news in all of this is that I will continue to blog, right here, as I always have. (Well, best news for most of you, anyway.) This is now going to get a little acceptance-speechy, so forgive me. Thank you Cory Bergman, whose vision of a site where people could share the best of ideas in convergence media has become part of the national dialogue on journalism. A thank you to Stephen Warley, my LR pal, too. A special, special thank you to Charlie Kravetz, VP of News and Station Manager of NECN, who has guided my career for 15 years, and to NECN President and Founder Phil Balboni who supported and encouraged my transition to consulting . There are several people whom I asked for advice on this decision - some of whom would want to be named, others who wouldn’t - so I’ll just say you know who you are, and I am thankful beyond measure. It is because of the Lost Remote Faithful that I have been able to turn the musings in this space into a career. So thank you guys, most of all. Terry and I are going to be traveling a lot in the upcoming months, and I hope we’ll get to meet lots of you in person. Best bit so far: Terry scooped me on the public announcement. Too funny. Press release coming Monday.

25 comments January 6th, 2007