DC: The West of the Story

 DC Entertainment has confirmed that the company is abandoning New York City next year; instead, the entire comics publishing  will relocate to Burbank. This is a major shift in comics publishing; for as long as DC has existed (and even longer!), the company has operated out of New York City. No word yet on whether this will lead to staff shake-ups, but it's quite likely, since not everyone will want to relocate cross-country. Here's the letter that DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson sent to staff members today.

Dear DCE Team, 

As I hope you know, I and the entire DCE exec team work hard to offer transparency about as much of our business plans and results as we possibly and responsibly can. In an effort to continue to do that where possible and to ensure you are hearing news from us, rather than a third party, I am proactively reaching out to you this afternoon to share news about our business. 

I can confirm that plans are in the works to centralize DCE’s operations in 2015. Next week, the Exec Team will be in New York for a series of meetings to walk everyone through the plans to relocate the New York operations to Burbank. The move is not imminent and we will have more than a year to work with the entire company on a smooth transition for all of us, personally and professionally. 

Everyone on the New York staff will be offered an opportunity to join their Burbank colleagues and those details will be shared with you individually, comprehensively and thoughtfully next week. Meeting notifications will be sent tomorrow to ensure the roll out of this information and how it affects the company and you personally 

We know this will be a big change for people and we will work diligently to make this as smooth and seamless a transition as possible. 

Best,
Diane

Keep checking with CSNsider for updates on this seismic change and how it might affect the comics industry.