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Article: CHARTING WENNER AFTER BROWNRIDGE.(Jann Wenner)(Kent Brownridge resigns Wenner Media L.L.C.)
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- WWD
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- November 18, 2005
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Byline: Jeff Bercovici, Sara James
NEW YORK -- It takes an exceptionally savvy, thick-skinned and Machiavellian sort of person to last for 31 years in the shadow of Jann Wenner, where firing is always just a mood swing away.
Kent Brownridge is all that, to be sure, and his surprise announcement Thursday that he will step down as vice chairman and general manager of Wenner Media LLC at year's end left those who know him asking two questions: Did his magical ability to finesse his impossible boss finally run out? And who will Wenner ever find to replace him?
Officially, Brownridge and Wenner are both saying the decision to retire was entirely ...