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Phawker: Stephen A. Smith loses Inquirer column

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by beanpole, Aug 22, 2007.

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  1. beanpole

    beanpole Member

    Inquirer sports columnist Stephen A. Smith has been stripped of his column and has been offered a job as a general assignment reporter in the Inquirer’s sports department, according to sources inside both the Inquirer and the Daily News. Things reportedly came to a head during a meeting last Friday, when Smith was told of his re-assignment. Smith reportedly told his bosses he would give them an answer when he gets back from vacation in two weeks.

    In the wake of painful lay-offs and general belt-tightening, Marimow has been taking a hard look at columnists. Gail Shister’s TV News column was the first casualty of this re-think. (FYI, Shister has a fine front page piece in today’s paper that has nothing to do with television news and not a single quote from a network anchorman.)

    Sources believe Smith’s column has been in the cross-hairs for some time. “There was a time when the powers that be were just happy to have somebody that’s on ESPN on the masthead,” says a source who spoke on condition of anonymity. “But I think the new leadership has been asking itself for a while now whether or not the columns [he] was turning in were justifying his [reportedly generous] salary. And I think they decided he wasn’t bringing his A-game.”

    http://www.phawker.com/?p=5426
     
  2. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    What column?

    And I'm virulently pro-desk-guy . . . but where were the Inky boys, in this and other such incidents?
     
  3. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    Somebody needs to cc Mr. Canzano about this.
     
  4. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    this is a crying shame ... cue bruh.
     
  5. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    and that was a solid Bluejays reference.
     
  6. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    who's the db?
     
  7. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    Loved how he was on cable, last night, pontificating about Michael Vick.

    NBA only, please.
     
  8. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    no. not even the nba.
     
  9. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    Hear ya . . . but I try to employ any energy I use, rooting, in pursuit of the possible.
     
  10. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    ;)
     
  11. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Can one ever truly get enough of SAS bashing?
     
  12. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Re: Stephen A stripped of column

    Gillick was never the Jays' manager. General manager, yes, manager no. Unless things have changed I don't think he manages the Phillies either.

    And I thought Gilliclk still had a place in TO.
     
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