He was promoted to the global CEO position in 2008 after having been IDG Communication's U.S. CEO since 2005. Carrigan joined IDG in 1987.
He is considered one of the pioneers of the print-to-digital migration—aggressively transitioning IDG media brands away from print as necessary and greatly expanding the company's digital and event business. According to IDG, more than half of its revenue now comes from digital.
IDG Enterprise CEO Michael Friedenberg has been named CEO of IDG Communications U.S. Now in addition to leading the b-to-b media brands, Friedenberg will also oversee the consumer, SMB and TechNetwork groups.
