Every single word of the November 2025 Financial Times report, which Mark Gurman derided as “simply false”, was, in fact, exactly correct.

<p>Here’s the big news:</p> <blockquote><p> Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026.</p></blockquote>&hellip;

<img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/apple-john-ternus-tim-cook-6c.jpg?ssl=1" alt="Two men in dark shirts walking on a paved path surrounded by greenery. One wears jeans and black shoes, the other jeans and white sneakers. They appear to be engaged in conversation, smiling." data-image-w="" data-image-h="" class=" jetpack-broken-image"/><br /> <p>Tim Cook didn’t get to be a part of a “thoughtful, long-term succession plan” in 2011. After stepping in for Steve Jobs multiple times during the Apple co-founder’s fight with cancer, Cook became CEO, and Jobs became executive chairman just 43 days before Jobs died.&hellip;</p>

If you agree that Apple itself was It’s hard to imagine a more orderly, confidence-inspiring, exciting-but-not-at-all-surprising, this-feels-right way to do this.

Yes, AI is changing things in the corporate world, but let’s be clear: The humans are driving the actual change. McClatchy proves it.