The exec, who created the Internet Movie Database in 1990, will step aside as CEO and will be succeeded by Nikki Santoro.

Col Needham, who founded of entertainment info site IMDb in 1990, is stepping aside as CEO of the Amazon-owned property. Needham has transitioned to the role of IMDb executive chair. Nikki Santoro, ...

Col Needham will become the company’s executive chair. IMDb’s chief operating officer, Nikki Santoro, will take over as CEO. Col Needham will become the company’s executive chair.

IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, is getting its first new CEO in its 35-year history. Col Needham, the company’s founder and its CEO for the website’s entire existence, is transitioning out of his ...

IMDb is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a major restructuring. As of Tuesday morning, founder Col Needham has become executive chair as former COO Nikki Santoro takes over as CEO. Since the ...

— IMDb, the juggernaut of entertainment information, has a new CEO. Nikki Santoro has taken the helm from founder Col Needham, becoming only the second chief executive of the 35-year-old company.

Col Needham will be succeeded by Nikki Santoro, who has been IMDb’s chief operating officer since 2021. Variety earlier reported the news. IMDb has been criticized by film and TV buffs over the ...

By Erik Hayden Executive Editor, Business In 1990, at age 23, Col Needham founded the Internet Movie Database, moving it officially online three years later and building it into an early resource ...

IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, is getting its first new CEO in its 35-year history. Col Needham, the company’s founder and its CEO for the website’s entire existence, is transitioning out ...