Audible’s New Head of Original Programming Is Out After Just a Month
Brad Schwartz was supposed to help the Amazon division challenge Spotify in podcasting
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About a month after Audible announced that Brad Schwartz would oversee its big push into original audio series, the executive has left the Amazon.com Inc. division.
Audible reconsidered having Schwartz take over as the audio-book company’s chief content officer, according to people familiar with the matter, after employees discovered an old sexual-harassment lawsuit in which Schwartz was named. Employees voiced their discomfort to management, and the two sides negotiated his exit, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because his departure isn’t public.