Six Apart Gets New CEO

A Google search for “Barak Berkowitz” still takes you to Six Apart’s management profiles page, but to find the man, you’ve got to scroll down a good deal farther than before.  Berkowitz is now Six Apart’s advisor, not its CEO; that role has been assumed by Chris Alden.

Such transitions are not always peaceful, but a press release was engineered to impart a special sense of calmness.  “Barak leaves Megan McCarthy seems to have her doubts, and “Blackjack,” the first person to comment on McCarthy’s story, rejects its entirely.  Either way, this development comes not long after LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick Alden, has been a co-founder and CEO to both Rojo and Red Herring.