Unceremoniously Firing Mr. Wiggles
There’s in interesting look at the topsy-turvy world of the New York press over at The Apiary, wherein we get the disgruntled-ex-employee’s-eye-view of what’s been going on in the wake of the revolving door of editors. After five years of writing the weekly comic strip “Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles,” Neil Swaab was unceremoniously fired by most recent Editor-in-Chief Harry Siegel. OVER EMAIL. Classy, real classy.
In any case, disgruntled ex-employee though he may be, Swaab comes off as pretty reasonable in the interview, describing the parade of editors following Russ Smith (“John Strausbaugh was fired, replaced by Lisa Kearns who stepped down after only a few weeks, replaced by Jeff Koyen who in turn quit after a couple years over the Death of the Pope scandal, and then helmed by Alex Zaitchik until he was fired several weeks ago and replaced with Harry Siegel”) and ruminating on the ever-elusive editorial voice of...
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