Blurb appointed new CEO

According to a press release, Larsen joins Blurb after having been ousted in a reshuffle at Time Inc, where he was Executive Vice President, Entertainment, News and Sports, managing Time, People, Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Golf and Sports Illustrated. Executive VP Evelyn Webster, who had been managing Time’s lifestyle titles including InStyle, took over all of the US titles (though Times just last week announced that Rich Battista would be taking over the Sports Illustrated Group in order to “balance” her workload).

Before being hired by then CEO Laura Lang for Time Inc., Larsen was at Dow Jones for nearly 13 years, leaving the company when Lex Fenwick was named CEO.

In a press release, Larsen stated: “I am honored and excited to lead Blurb into its next phase of growth, expanding the company’s leadership position,“, continuing, “Blurb will become an increasingly disruptive force in the publishing industry by continuing to empower individuals and businesses alike to express themselves through books and magazines, in print and digitally.”