Politico executive Peter Cherukuri is leaving the company to become president and chief innovation officer for growing tech startup incubator 1776. A highly regarded media executive, Cherukuri served as executive vice president for audience solutions and president of brand journalism studio Politico Focus. Top newsroom editor Susan Glasser plans to move to Israel after the election, where she’ll join her husband, New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Peter Baker. “We’re thrilled to have Peter joining our team this fall,” 1776 CEO Donna Harris said in a statement to HuffPost. Chief operating officer Kim Kingsley and chief revenue officer Roy Schwartz, two key figures throughout the company’s nine-year trajectory, left along with VandeHei.

Source: Huffington Post August 08, 2016 01:07 UTC