Posted on 08/29/2008 8:04:59 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Jay Mariotti, a firebrand sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, announced he is quitting the print biz loudly proclaiming that newspapers are "dying" and that he didn't want to go down with the ship of the struggling industry. Naturally, the management of the Sun-Times is not amused.
Mariotti told Chicago's CBS 2 news that newspapers are in serious trouble and he wanted out before he was forced out. "It's been a tremendous experience, but I'm going to be honest with you, the profession is dying,'' Mariotti told CBS 2, "I don't think either paper [Sun-Times or Chicago Tribune] is going to survive.
"To showcase your work ... you need a stellar Web site and if a newspaper doesn't have that, you can't be stuck in the 20th century with your old newspaper.''
Jay Mariotti is one of those columnists that one either loves or hates, it seems. I hear this all the time from Chicago sports fans (among whom I do not include myself), so it isn't surprising that his quitting should be as obnoxious and loud as his writing career has thus far been. He even blamed former top execs for "looting" the Sun-Times in his CBS 2 interview.
Mariotti effectively burned his bridges, though.
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20080828-1119-bn28buyout.html?imw=Y&lid=mostpopular
Some highlights: The company offered buyouts in December 2006 to employees who had been with the company for 30 years or more. Earlier this year, it reduced its work force by 10 percent through a buyout and layoffs. It currently has about 1,000 full-time employees.
Straight shooters usually are “jerks”.
I’ve never read the guy, I’m just speaking holistically.
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