Andrews McMeel Universal Combines Universal And Uclick Into One

Andrews McMeel Universal has combined its syndicate operation Universal Press with the digital entertainment company Uclick, now to be called Universal Uclick. Lee Salem of UPS will be the interim CEO of the new company, while Douglas Edwards, CEO of Uclick, resigned Tuesday.

I'm not sure how to look at the move. Analysis is tricky here, I think. The easiest way to look at it would be to suggest it's a general sign that the kind of digital services Uclick spearheads have taken on a bigger general profile within the company, on par with or even surpassing the traditional print programs offered through Andrews McMeel Publishing. On the other hand, I don't know anything about why a streamlining process -- to take them at their word -- that favors the man driving the end where content comes from is all that significant a sign in and of itself for digital process. Consider if Edwards had taken over the combined unit, for instance, and the message that would send. Clearly digital is the growth area no matter how a company like AMU might reorganize, and maybe this is just about eliminating publishing redundancies irrespective of platform. Interoffice memos make bad tea leaves.
 
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