DiMA chief Potter resigns.

Digital Media Association executive director Jon Potter is stepping down from the trade organization he founded 11 years ago.  Potter has been a fierce advocate on behalf of webcasters in their royalty battles with the record labels.

His resignation is effective December 31.  Potter says, “I am grateful to DiMA’s member companies for allowing me to serve them – and their innovative technologies and services and their passionate people – for so long and in so many exciting ways.  I hope that my next adventure is as challenging and rewarding.”

The DiMA Board of Directors issued the following statement:  “Jon helped serve the needs of new media companies, entrepreneurs and innovators in Washington during the early days of our industry.  He has contributed greatly to the organization’s development and to the industry’s approach to a unique and complex set of legal and policy issues.  The DiMA Board and staff appreciate Jon’s service, and we wish him great success.”  The Board has hired a consulting firm to assist in the search for a new executive director and to evaluate DiMA’s opportunities.  During the transition, DiMA’s long-standing general counsel, Lee Knife, will assume the role of interim executive director.