“The chief executive of IDG World Expo is quitting his post, in the midst of delicate negotiations to persuade Apple Computer Inc. to attend IDG’s Macworld trade show in Boston next year, according to a published report. In an electronic mail bulletin to its subscribers, Tradeshow Week magazine reported that Charlie Greco is leaving Framingham-based IDG World Expo for another position in the event management industry, and that IDG has begun seeking a replacement. Officials of IDG World Expo did not return phone calls seeking comment,” reports Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe. Full story here.
Read our earlier piece from December 17, 2002, “RUMOR: Apple removing IDG from Expo equation; to organize bicoastal expos internally.”
Our opinion article from October 16, 2002 “Fruitless Macworld Expo.”
Glad he’s gone. He screwed up Macworld with Apple and then acted like Macworld Expo was bigger than Apple. No Apple, no Expo. What an idiot – good riddance!