Atari Gives Phil Harrison The Boot
One surprising move begets another. [shal]Atari[/shal] made headlines last year when it managed to snatch [shal]Phil Harrison[/shal] from the ranks of [shal]Sony Computer Entertainment[/shal] to take over as president of the struggling company. And it’s making headlines with a new announcement. He’s no longer [shal]president[/shal] of Atari.
This is the official word from Atari:
“Because of a shift of business operations to the US, Phil Harrison will move from the role of President to that of non-executive Director of the Group. As all Board members, he will continue to assist, support and guide the Company’s strategy.”
To get pushed out of an executive position is a big deal, and there’s no tangible reason for Atari’s decision. As far as we can tell, the company has improved a lot since Phil joined its ranks. His successor has not been decided as of yet, and we can only hope that he finds success in other ventures.
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9 Responses to “Atari Gives Phil Harrison The Boot”
It’s all part of the plan.
Maybe he will finally be coming home.
What the hell? Wow, they didn’t give him much of an opportunity, did they? Wonder where he will end up next? I know it says he still has a position there, but come on.
man that sucks.. they dropped him like a bad habit. probably internal drama.
Sad to here I am sure he was behind the Ghostbusters deal, but with the world economy the way it is there will be a lot more shakeups in the Game industry. I am sure that he will land at a place that will use his talents to the best of his ability.
lol who cares, some other corporate asshole will step into his position and run it the same!!!
I wonder what his severence pay is?
MMMM severence pay .
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