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Brian Storm, vice president of news, multimedia and assignment services at Corbis, was forced out of the company on October 22 in yet another Corbis reorganization.
Storm joined Corbis two years ago to upgrade the company's digital workflow and oversee its editorial photo proauction. But Jennifer Hurshell, a fast-rising executive who joined Corbis several months after Storm, eclipsed him in the company hierarchy and ultimately made the decision to eliminate his position.
That power struggle reflects a shift in control of operations to bottom-line -oriented managers. Corbis has been under increasing pressure to turn a profit, which is underscored by Hurshell's decision to hire product managers to oversee the profit and loss...