David Steinberger, who co-founded ComiXology in 2007, broadcasts his departure as the corporate’s CEO.
ComiXology co-founder David Steinberger has introduced that he’s stepping down as CEO of the corporate after 15 years, hinting at a brand new function inside Amazon.
“It has been just a few large weeks, and I’ve private information: I have been requested if I would like to guide a brand new Amazon-wide initiative that’s too good a chance to not take,” Steinberger tweeted. “It was a troublesome choice, however I am prepared for a brand new entrepreneurial problem. I’ll love comics ceaselessly and I’ll proceed to be an Advisor to ComiXology.”
Steinberger named Tom Ashley and Jeff DiBartolomeo as “two long-term ComiXology leaders” who had labored with him for the previous 9 years and can be managing the staff transferring ahead. In the mean time, Ashley works as the corporate’s Head of Product, UX and Subscriptions, whereas DiBartolomeo is ComiXology’s Chief Expertise Officer.
2/ …I’ll proceed to be an Advisor to @Comixology. Two long-term Comixology leaders, Tom Ashley and Jeff DiBartolomeo, will probably be managing the staff transferring ahead. Tom and Jeff have been by my aspect for 9 years, and I can’t wait to see them execute their concepts for Comixology.
— David Steinberger (@stonemtn) March 10, 2022
“I’m extraordinarily assured in Jeff and Tom, the remainder of the ComiXology management staff, and the numerous passionate, comics-loving workers that try day-in & day-out to make everybody on the planet lifelong followers,” Steinberger added in follow-up tweets. “To all Comixologists: I’ve discovered a lot from you. Thanks.”
Steinberger additionally thanked the publishers that labored with ComiXology through the years in addition to his authentic co-founders, John D. Roberts and Peter Jaffe. The trio based the corporate in 2007 and oversaw its rise into the digital comedian business’s primary market and app. Roberts, responding to Steinberger’s submit, wrote that the corporate was in good fingers and shared a screenshot of a really early digital storefront that ultimately developed into the ComiXology of in the present day.
ComiXology was bought by Amazon in 2014, and on the time of the acquisition Steinberger mentioned that there was no higher house for ComiXology than Amazon. The corporate was largely left as a separate market till early 2022.
In February, the ComiXology storefront folded into Amazon.com to coincide with a revised model of the app that allowed for integration with Amazon’s Kindle market. The combination has been blasted by followers as buggy and short-sighted, notably since ComiXology’s desktop studying choices had been eliminated within the transition, forcing customers who learn comics on their pc to make use of Amazon’s desktop Kindle app, which was designed for prose books and never comics. Different clients complained of hassle accessing their libraries, whereas customers exterior of the USA lamented that they might now not subscribe to any collection.
Following the bungled integration, ComiXology admitted that the “course of has been removed from seamless” and promised to implement fixes within the close to future.
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