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CBCNews.ca's Jon Dube takes post with ABC website
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 4:04 PM ET
CBC News
Jon Dube, director of digital media for CBCNews.ca, is leaving the website
of
Canada's public broadcaster for the position of vice-president at
ABCNews.com.
He leaves the CBC effective Aug. 25.
"In his three years with CBC, Jon has overseen the growth of CBCNews.ca
into
one of the most respected news sites in the world," Todd Spencer,
executive
director of news content for CBC News, said in a memo to staff released
Tuesday.
Under Dube's leader****p the amount of content and traffic on the CBC's
website
has doubled. He also presided over developments such as the introduction
of
reader comments to news and s****ts stories.
As vice-president of ABCNews.com, Dube will be responsible for strategic
planning, business strategy, editorial content and production of the U.S.
network's online news service, according to a release from ABC.
Dube previously worked for ABCNews.com as a national producer, beginning
in
1999. He later joined MSNBC.com, rising to the post of managing producer
before moving to the CBC.
He is currently president and board member of the international Online
News
Association, which has more than 1,500 members worldwide.
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