Steven Bartlett Loses 4 Key Podcast Staffers as Diary of a CEO Pushes Beyond the UK
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Updated · Business Insider · Jul 29
Steven Bartlett Loses 4 Key Podcast Staffers as Diary of a CEO Pushes Beyond the UK
2 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jul 29
Summary
Four core "Diary of a CEO" staffers have left in five months, including Jack Sylvester, who called himself the show's cofounder, and executive producer Jem Erith.
The exits come as Steven Bartlett expands the 9-year-old podcast into a broader media business and shifts its center of gravity to the US, where he has moved to Los Angeles and opened a studio.
FlightStory said the departures were planned over nearly a year and supported by Bartlett; the staffers also said on social media that leaving was their own decision and that they had no fixed next step.
The departures surprised some former employees because the four were seen as part of the inner circle behind the show's twice-weekly production and growth on YouTube, where it has more than 18 million subscribers.
Bartlett is scaling well beyond the flagship show, having raised an eight-figure round for a company with about 150 employees and roughly $47 million in revenue last year.