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Blockbuster Inc., the movie-rental chain under bankruptcy protection, has launched a search for a chief executive that could see Jim Keyes replaced before year’s end, people familiar with the matter said.
Blockbuster has agreed to hire an executive-search firm to look at new blood to run the chain once it emerges from Chapter 11, the people said.
Keyes, who has led Blockbuster since 2007, remains a candidate to continue leading the company, they said, and the search is in its earliest stages.The search firm, Korn/Ferry International, could look at candidates for other executive posts in addition to CEO, they said. The Wall Street Journal
