Ross Levinsohn, a known name in Internet and media circles, has made his exit from Guggenheim Digital Media after failing to acquire a popular streaming service, namely Vevo or Hulu.
Guggenheim Digital Media is an investment firm and part of Guggenheim Partners, which manages what it says is $171 billion in Guggenheim family assets.
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Levinsohn is impressive on paper. Before the Guggenheim gig, Levinsohn was interim CEO of Yahoo (where he was also not very effective) and president of News Corp.’s Fox Interactive Group.
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Levinsohn sits on the boards of the Tribune Company, Zefr, and Millennial Media, and he is active in investing in media and digital startups.
And, as Re/code’s Kara Swisher points out, Levinsohn’s hair still looks great.
Source: Re/code
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