[Ipg-smz] Dvorak is out at PC Mag

[Dana Blankenhorn]

Publishers and producers have always seen writers and talent as disposable.
This must be the lesson.

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:01 AM Steve Wexler <
stevewexler.wordslingers at gmail.com> wrote:

> I find it fascinating that at the same time businesses are scrambling to
> get on the customer-loyalty bandwagon so many continue to treat employees
> as readily-disposable assets.
> I believe that is a badly flawed business model and now that customers --
> including readers -- have more choices -- one that can have major impacts.
> Remember, most people consider(ed) Jon Stewart and The Daily Show more
> credible than EVERY other news program!
>
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 at 22:49, Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It's my belief that it's about relationships and mutual understanding.
>>
>> I've known JD for a long time. He's not the most ingratiating individual,
>> but is tenable.
>>
>> For a journalist doing tech, he's an astute journalist. He's not a
>> practitioner of the tech arts, and from his observation points, is skilled
>> at separating wheat from chaff.
>>
>> PCMag's termination process isn't much different than how CMP, Ziff,
>> Penton, and a dozen others whacked their staff, even after a long tenure as
>> a freelancer. Most treated their W2 staff the same way.... or much worse.
>>
>> For many commercial endeavors, it's the golden rule: they which hath the
>> gold maketh the rules.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> On 09/22/2018 09:37 PM, Dana Blankenhorn wrote:
>>
>> I agree. It's terrible. But it should send a lesson to all writers, right
>> down to the lowest j-school.
>>
>> Don't give your loyalty to a publisher. Be your own boss. We all need to
>> be free agents.
>>
>> I didn't do that in my career, and I've paid a price, in lost readers,
>> and lost opportunities. I think all of us have. We need to stop doing it.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 5:29 PM Richi Jennings <richi.ipg at richi.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Even I got a phone call from Scot. After just 11 years.
>>>
>>>
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>>> On Sat, 22 Sep 2018, 10:22 pm sjvn, <sjvn at vna1.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 21:48 -0700, Mac McCarthy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Geez!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I haven't seen eye to eye with Dvorak over the years, but seriously. 36
>>>> years in and what appears to be a form letter e-mail closing down his
>>>> column? That's just sad.
>>>>
>>>> I mean, I know there's no loyalty from publishers to writers, but come
>>>> on! Would it have killed them to send him a personal note?
>>>>
>>>> Steven
>>>>
>>>>
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