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By David Worlock
Co-Chair, Outsell Leadership Programs
London, UK

November 6, 2008

The only similarity between the appointment of Reed Elsevier's new CEO, Ian Smith, and the US president in Frank Capra's 1939 classic, is the announcement of his new post on US election day. In every other respect, the appointment speaks volumes about the company that Reed has become, while the appointee is necessarily an unknown quantity to the information industry.

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