Jud Meyers, who replaced Chris Ryall as Publisher of IDW Publishing, has been put on administrative leave five days after his promotion was announced.
"IDW Publishing has decided to put Jud Meyers on administrative leave. President Jerry Bennington will assume his responsibilities as interim publisher at this time," IDW CEO Ezra Rosensaft said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. IDW declined to comment regarding a reason for why Meyers was placed on administrative leave.
Jerry Bennington and Jud Meyers were promoted to President and Publisher, respectively, of IDW Publishing on July 22. Chris Ryall stepped down as President, Publisher and CCO the day prior. Rebekah Cahalin was also promoted to General Manager and EVP of Operations, covering both IDW Publishing and IDW Entertainment, during the reshuffling.
Meyers previously served as IDW Publishing's Sales Director. He began his comics career at Titan Publishing in London, England, where he launched and managed retail stores such as Forbidden Planet, Virgin Megastore and Meanwhile Comics before doing the same in Los Angeles, CA. Meyers was the recipient of the Will Eisner Spirit of Retailing Award and was the Director of Sales & Marketing at Humanoids Publishing.