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Where do we hear about these stories? Did people interview Gruber and were these interviews published? Was it on the news?
by kovek 8y ago
Where do we hear about these stories? Did people interview Gruber and were these interviews published? Was it on the news?
- scarface74 8y agohttps://www.cultofmac.com/198726/why-scott-forstall-and-john-browett-got-fired-from-apple-today/ https://www.cultofmac.com/198726/why-scott-forstall-and-john...
- SyneRyder 8y agoI think they're referring to Gruber's blog on the hiring at the time (and maybe his podcast & Twitter, but that's harder to search): https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/01/31/browett https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/01/31/browett "You don’t see many executives trading up from CEO of one company to senior vice president of another. That Browett is from Europe is a pretty good signal that international expansion is a top priority for Apple retail." He was already hedging his bets a couple of days later, though: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/02/dixons-sucks https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/02/dixons-sucks "I'm not implying that Browett was hired to or intends to Dixons-ify the Apple Store experience — just pointing out that it’s a curious hire, also given how rarely Apple hires executives from outside the company."
- scarface74 8y agoThe first quote wasn’t really complimenting Browett. It was more of a statement that for someone to take a “demotion” from being a CEO to VP says a lot about the Apple store.