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OverDrive: Leadership Change
Marc DeBevoise has taken over as new CEO of OverDrive (owner of Libby ebook lending app) last week. He states that AI is a new frontier for the company as it prepares for disruption from AI-generated content.
Source: The Verge
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. OverDrive's move reshapes the layer beneath it in the sector as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
Market context: Backdrop: a 102.6 (Warm) Talent Market Index (down 1.7 on the month) with Americas activity easing (-2.3pts).
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