The Beat can confirm that Jamie S. Rich remains at the company and has been promoted to editor in chief. Mark Doyle, who spearheaded the Originals line, also remains, as does Scott Dunbier, the editor behind the much lauded Artist’s Edition line, Star Trek editor Heather Antos, Top Shelf editor Leigh Walton, and editor Kristen Simon. Sonic/Godzilla editor David Mariotte confirmed his continued employment in a tweet.
We’re told that Doyle and VP of publishing operations Tara McCrillis will take over as co-publishers. We’ve reached out to IDW for more details on their restructuring.
As we reported yesterday, publisher Nachie Marsham has been let go. Deadline reports that Paul Davidson, EVP and head of IDW Media’s entertainment division has also been let go – leaving the future of IDW’s entertainment division in doubt. All but two people in the division were laid off.
I’ve been told that the entire sales and marketing department was removed, including Blake Kobashigawa, SVP of sales, marketing & strategy; Keith Davidsen, director, PR and marketing; and Anna Morrow, VP of marketing. Several other folks that we worked with in marketing had their emails bounce back, including Topher Alford, senior digital marketing manager.
It’s being reported that other layoffs include content strategy director Greg Gustin, marketing art Director Jack Rivera, and editors Megan Brown and Zac Boone. Group editor Tom Waltz confirmed his departure on Twitter, as did sales and marketing associate Devon Ashby and art director Shawn Lee. In his tweet Waltz noted that he would continue on as a freelancer for IDW.