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Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« on: October 15, 2010, 09:56:38 AM »
For no reason I was looking at TWC's press room, and I noticed Geoffrey Darby's name is no longer listed on the executive team page. Is he no longer at TWC? :unsure:

http://press.weather.com/company/executive_team.asp

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2010, 11:02:11 AM »
WOW, i wonder what happened.

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2010, 12:40:18 PM »
This is the part where I see people excited. Most of y'all hated the guy. Now you're shocked?  :blink:

Anyways, I'm pretty sure there's a specific reason why he's no longer on TWC.
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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2010, 12:44:22 PM »
It looks like Brian Shield is his replacement.

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2010, 01:09:27 PM »
It's great that he left TWC but the changes will still b there. Rock Music, layoffs, longform which were all introduced by Darby won't get the boot .. Since management is satisfied with the direction TWC is taking.

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2010, 06:02:20 PM »
Yet I still see his profile up
http://press.weather.com/company/view_executive.asp?id=17


It looks like Brian Shield is his replacement.

How is "EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER" a replacement for "EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMMING"?

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Brian P. Shield is executive vice president and chief information officer of The Weather Channel, Inc., a position he has held since joining the company in 1998.

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2010, 06:05:04 PM »
I highly doubt Geoffrey is gone.. if he is indeed no longer exec. VP of programming then he could have been promoted to something else
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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2010, 06:09:37 PM »
It's great that he left TWC but the changes will still b there. Rock Music, layoffs, longform which were all introduced by Darby won't get the boot .. Since management is satisfied with the direction TWC is taking.
Yea its all his fault  :rolleyes:

Accusing someone of doing something without evidence is slander ;)

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2010, 06:09:42 PM »
How is "EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER" a replacement for "EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMMING"?
Oh my bad... I assumed "The Weather Channel, Inc." referred to the cable network, as I know the entire TWC company is called "The Weather Channel Companies" (which consist of TWC, weather.com, Weatherscan, and WSI).

It's great that he left TWC but the changes will still b there. Rock Music, layoffs, longform which were all introduced by Darby won't get the boot .. Since management is satisfied with the direction TWC is taking.
Darby isn't the only person involved in this. There are other departments such as Human Resources and the programming directors/producers that make these changes too.

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2010, 06:12:03 PM »
How is "EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER" a replacement for "EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMMING"?
Oh my bad... I assumed "The Weather Channel, Inc." referred to the cable network, as I know the entire TWC company is called "The Weather Channel Companies" (which consist of TWC, weather.com, Weatherscan, and WSI).
Yea it is confusing at times! :wacko:

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2010, 06:15:32 PM »
Yet I still see his profile up
http://press.weather.com/company/view_executive.asp?id=17
TWC tends to never remove the pages though... for the longest time they had pages of old OCMs up before they renovated the TV website early last year.

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2010, 07:41:11 PM »
TWC tends to never remove the pages though... for the longest time they had pages of old OCMs up before they renovated the TV website early last year.
Judging from the url, I'm guessing his profile is actually a database entry. :thinking:
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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2010, 09:21:06 PM »
Martin - there is plenty of evidence. Just google or search the forums yourself.

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2010, 08:21:51 PM »
Yessss!  :yes: Hopefully Alexandra Steele fired him. :P (I know she didn't.)

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Re: Geoffrey Darby no longer at TWC?
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2010, 08:39:30 PM »
Yessss!  :yes: Hopefully Alexandra Steele fired him. :P (I know she didn't.)


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