# PaidContent blog network hires Dow Jones, Yahoo veteran as CEO - Host: [gawker.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/gawker.com/) - Saved: March 27, 2008 (2008-03-27T05:54:45Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/825710a85dba/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/825710a85dba.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) ContentNext Media, the parent company of blogtrepreneur Rafat Ali's media news site PaidContent.org has named former Dow Jones executive Nathan Richardson as the company's new CEO. He's pictured here in his days as general manager of Yahoo Finance. Most recently, Richardson has been doing volunteer work in Liberia for the International Rescue Committee. The move will free Ali from his role as CEO to focus on editorial duties. Look for the company to announce another senior-level hire by early next week. The move makes it clear that company is focused on continuing to grow independently and Ali certainly won't be selling it to TechCrunch investor-slash-journalist Michael Arrington anytime soon. Update: More on the company's as-yet-unannounced moves after the jump. The other new hire will be a senior sales manager, who previously worked in a similar position at Forbes according to a source familiar with the company. (Forbes sales contact Kevin Getzel is my wild guess.) Also, the board of directors will be adding a new member, "a well known name in entertainment and media." And what convinced Richardson to give up his good works in Africa? Death threats from armed rebels. Sounds to me like a smart move. (Photo by John Abbott) ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Ex-Yahoo Neil Budde lands at the Los Angeles Times](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4d6e70ceb96c/) (gawker.com, March 5, 2008) - [If I worked at CNET, this layoff memo would make me want to quit](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/775c81244351/) (gawker.com, March 27, 2008) - [Ha Ha, Your Medium Is Dying: Mocking Financial Magazine Videos](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9b678d129cc8/) (gawker.com, April 2, 2008) - [Twitter cans another engineer](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8e9ab1b0e7a7/) (gawker.com, April 24, 2008) - [Sarah Palin Explains Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9ea04e228d9c/) (gawker.com, June 3, 2011) ## Saved the same week - [Tim Bray - Better Feed Reading](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7d926f728eb5/) (tbray.org, March 26, 2008) - [Cogmap 2.1 - OpenID support, Newsfeeds, XML APIs](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/39f3d2a302eb/) (cogmap.com, March 26, 2008) - [Dilbert "No Internet"](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4fe416cfab41/) (dilbert.com, March 27, 2008) - [What You Need To Know About WordCamp Dallas](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/772af16c2ba2/) (lorelle.wordpress.com, March 27, 2008) - [WSJ Staff To Move Into News Corp HQs?; Online Model Set For Now](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0bab294e1b30/) (gigaom.com, March 27, 2008) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gawker.com/372737/paidcontent-blog-network-hires-dow-jones-yahoo-veteran-as-ceo