- Charles Stubbs
When Charles Stubbs left YellowPages.com to take the helm at Primedia Inc. in mid-2008, his new employer was at a critical juncture. Primedia’s market sector — apartment rental and home listings — was rapidly switching from print-based media to digital. Then, a couple of months later, the financial crisis struck, pushing the economy into recession and knocking the bottom out of the real estate market…
The signals were coming from all directions: In order to get through the recession and emerge at the other end in good shape, Primedia — which had been tentatively dipping its toe into the online media pool for almost 10 years — would have to jump all the way in and start swimming.
