• Mediaweek, Monday, April 13, 2009 9:30 AM

Wenner Media exec Gary Armstrong is exiting after about 10 years at the publishing company, most recently as CMO. The company says he was not forced out.

Armstrong's exit follows a restructure a month ago of Wenner's marketing department due to the decline of big-scale, multi-title ad deals. Corporate marketing staffers were reassigned to individual magazines or laid off, and Armstrong's job was eliminated. Three people remain working on corporate deals under Matt Mastrangelo.

Armstrong had broad role at the company. In addition to running corporate sales, he also was involved in directing both publishing strategy and online activities. In recent months, Meredith, Rodale and Condé Nast also have restructured or scaled back their corporate ad sales arms.

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