John Soppe has been named the MD of King Digital, a new distribution unit for comic and animation house King Features Syndicate, home of the Popeye franchise.
The new division is dedicated to developing and delivering new digital products to the online market.
Prior to joining King Features, Soppe spent three and a half years as head of supply chain services department at ACP Magazine, one of the larger publishers in Australia. And prior to that, he worked for internet upstart bolero.net, which developed an online trade documentation system.