“Apple Computer Inc. said Tuesday that Vice President of Marketing Yoshiaki Sakito, one of the company’s top Japan executives, has stepped down,’ The Associated Press reports.
“Sakito resigned Monday after Apple and Sakito reached an agreement, said Apple, which declined to give details,” AP reports.
“Sakito has been credited with leading a successful marketing push for Apple’s iPod portable digital music player in Japan,” AP reports.
AP reports, “Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president overseeing worldwide marketing, will replace Sakito in an interim position, and a successor has not yet been named, according to Apple… The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan’s top business daily, reported… that Apple’s Japan operations will have a major change in its leadership.”
Full article here.
Advertisements:
• Introducing the super-fast, blogging, podcasting, do-everything-out-of-the-box MacBook. Starting at just $1099.
• Get the new iMac with Intel Core Duo for as low as $31 A MONTH with Free shipping!
• Get the MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo for as low as $47 A MONTH with Free Shipping!
• Apple’s new Mac mini. Intel Core, up to 4 times faster. Starting at just $599. Free shipping.
• iPod. 15,000 songs. 25,000 photos. 150 hours of video. The new iPod. 30GB and 60GB models start at just $299. Free shipping.
• Connect iPod to your television set with the iPod AV Cable. Just $19.
• iPod Radio Remote. Listen to FM radio on your iPod and control everything with a convenient wired remote. Just $49.
