The third old-media mogul to venture into the brave new online world is following the path of her predecessors: Anthea Disney (right) has abandoned iGuide, the News Corp./MCI joint venture, to head up New Corp.'s HarperCollins book division. First it was Rochelle Udell, who left Condé Naste's CondeNet to edit Self magazine. Then Walter Isaacson departed from Time's New Media group (including Pathfinder) to become managing editor of Time magazine.
The optimistic view is that the old-media moguls saw opportunities they couldn't pass up. More likely, the dismal performance of their respective Web sites made them realize they were part of the road, not the steamroller. Both Pathfinder and CondeNet have seen signiÞcant turmoil since their leaders' departure. All eyes are now on iGuide.
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