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I agree that making sure the website drives engagement is a part of Erik’s job description but managing the website design, layout, tone, etc is far from being a unilateral decision especially considering the time and financial resources that this “redesign” took.
As to your comment “Sure, maybe he’s being hamstrung by idiots higher up in management. Wouldn’t be the first time. But *someone* screwed up this transition six ways from sunday and may well have completely destroyed the product in doing so.” I’ll just smile and say “Ya think?”
We all want to blame someone. Like you, Dergon, I have been on AM since day one and have known Erik (and Brian) since well before then and celebrated the successes they both were a part of in their past and pre-redesign present. I, like you and so any others, also hate to see what has transpired here. And while you (and others) may feel Erik is to blame remember that a fish stinks from the head down.. The guy is doing the very best he can with what he is given to work with. PLEASE CUT HIM SOME SLACK. Lastly, while he is, in your words, the “editor-in-chief” of a media company, this isn’t JAMA or Forbes- its AM- and his input is limited. I’m sure he, like all of us, was fine with AM just as it once was.
PACSMan
