Barnesandnoble.com chief executive resigns

Online bookseller barnesandnoble.com Inc. (Nasdaq: BNBN) said its chief executive officer, Jonathan Bulkeley, is resigning to focus on his other Internet holdings.

Steve Riggio, a director of the company who served as its chief executive from its inception until December 1998, will become vice chairman and acting CEO at barnesandnoble.com. The company said it expects to name a new CEO "shortly." -- Wall Street Journal