Google Loses PR Chief Elliot Schrage To Facebook

Facebook with news of the latest exec to depart the Big G — that being chief
spinmaster Ellliot Schrage bailing from being vice president of global
communications at Google to become VP of communications and public policy at
Facebook.

Both

AllThingsD and

Valleywag have news of the move. AllThingsD has a short memo from Facebook
CEO Mark Zuckerberg to employees there about the hiring. It also reports that
Schrage will report to Sheryl Sandberg, who jumped from Google to become COO at
Facebook.

Be sure to see my
Megachart & Analysis: Google Executive Management Changes, 2000-2008 post
from last month for a recap of all key executive departures from Google going
back to when it began. Schrage
joined Google in
October 2005, filling the spot left vacant when marketing maestro Cindy
McCaffrey became the first exec to take her chips and leave Google in December
2004.