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Best Buy Names New Communications Chief
Matthew Furman will report to interim CEO Mike Mikan beginning June 22.
After experiencing major shake-ups in its top tier of management the last couple months, Best Buy announced Thursday that Matthew Furman will join the company as senior vice president of the Communications and Public Affairs department. According to a company press release, Furman, 41, will oversee Best Buy's employee communications, public relations, executive communications, government affairs, corporate responsibility and community relations. Before coming to Best Buy, Furman was the vice president of Corporate Affairs for Mars Chocolate and a member of its management team. In addition, he was the former head of corporate communications for Google. Give the tough times the company is experiencing, Furman said in the release: "It's time …
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