Missent Email Causes Exec Departures

Let this be a cautionary tale for the digital age. Starz President Chris Albrecht thought he was responding to an email about Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett, chief executive and chief operating officer of Overture Films, a subsidiary of Starz. Since Starz no longer wants to pursue the movie business, it was likely that McGurk and Rosett were going to be let go. Except for replying to Starz executives, Albrecht accidentally sent the email to 400 employees—including McGurk and Rosett. The two immediately resigned, and the fate of the whole company is now up in the air. McGurk and Rosett have been looking for a parent company for Overture after Starz parent company owner John Malone lost interest in the movie business and wanted to dump the company that controls 16 movie titles in its library.