Universal Uclick leadership changes for Lee Salem, John Glynn

From a trusted source I’ve learned that that there has been a couple of leadership changes inside Universal Uclick. Lee Salem has announced that he has relinquished his title of Editor. He started with the company since 1974 as an assistant editor before rising through the ranks to President in 2006. Since then he has retained the title of Editor which kept him in association with the editorial department. According to the internal memo sent to staff and UU syndicated cartoonists, after the 2011 United Media management deal, serving both roles became “unwieldy.” Lee states that his role moving forward is more focused on business opportunities.

The second announcement is that Vice President of Acquisitions and Rights John Glynn has been given the title of Editorial Director for all editorial matters. He will continue to be responsible for acquisition and development of new talent. John started in the company in 2000 as the acquisitions editor and in 2005 became the Vice President of Acquisitions and Rights. Previous to getting into syndication business, he was a cop in Chicago.

23 thoughts on “Universal Uclick leadership changes for Lee Salem, John Glynn

  1. Pastis, haven’t you figured out by now that “Glynn” is just a figurehead, and may not even be a real person? Who’s REALLY pulling the strings? Follow the numbers, but trust no one. Except for Tom Hanks. He’s America’s sweetheart.

  2. Let’s take a poll on how long he’ll last. I’ll say 7 weeks. We’ll bet his monthly intake of donuts.

  3. “… his role moving forward is more focused on business opportunities.”

    Too vague. Meaningless.

  4. Previous to getting into syndication business, he was a cop in Chicago.

    Yes, Glynn once hunted down society’s clowns with a gun, now he hunts them down with a syndication deal 🙂

  5. Congrats to John and to Lee. I don’t care what Pastis says, John is a nice guy. When he is sober.

  6. Ironic…from the crime syndicate beat to cartoon syndicate godfather. Congratulations, John and don’t ever lose the love for donuts!

    ..

  7. I think John’s just doing this until he gets that big break. He’s an amazing composer of children’s songs. Buy him a Chimay and he just may regale you with his pepperoni pizza song.

    But I saw this coming for Lee Salem years ago. I mean, seriously, what has he done since DOONESBURY?

  8. I’ve never met John Glynn, but he has always responded to every e-mail I have sent him. Yes, the responses have always been for me to eff off, but I’m sure he doesn’t mean it.

    Congrats!

  9. John Glynn is handsome and brave and a deep thinker and has got it goin’ on where it counts, if you know what I mean. And I’m not saying that just to be controversial.

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