Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJeff Blackburn, an Amazon veteran of more than two decades who previously oversaw the Prime Video, Amazon Studios and Amazon Music divisions, is leaving the ecommerce giant.Blackburn, most recently Amazon’s senior VP of business development, took a one-year sabbatical in 2020 and the role he would play at the company on his return was unclear.
Amazon appointed Mike Hopkins senior VP of Prime Video and Amazon Studios a year ago, reporting directly to CEO Jeff Bezos.Blackburn’s official departure from Amazon comes after Bezos announced this month that he’s stepping out of the CEO role in the third quarter of 2021 but staying with the company as executive chairman.
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