Posted
10:46 AM
by Gene
Strib has all but fired James Lileks, a genuinely boneheaded decision; but now is the time for one of blogging's leaders to bravely prove he doesn't need paper. After all, if
Mark Steyn has a site, why can't he? I guess the problem is that Steyn is aggressively prolific -- and as good as blogging can feel to the soul, there is no substitute for a paycheck, which the Web's great democratic revolution has yet to produce many of (puff pieces notwithstanding), while the tired old dead tree-killing press still can, even in its senescence.
I shouldn't sound so sour but it's impossible not to after over four years typing in a vacuum. And besides, if he doesn't land a job elsewhere in Bigmedia I would be very surprised. A mere blogger lacks that kind of luxury.
P. S. at 11:05 a.m.: My original post said "The Clatch" did it; I'd forgotten
it sold Strib off to a "private investment firm", meaning it's been STINKYINKYIZED, which explains such an arrant blunder.