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Sox Machine —
... the Sun-Times newsroom must look like the scene in Airplane! where everybody's lining up to knock some sense into the hysterical lady. Look at everybody who has joined Cowley in sounding off on Mariotti since he left the paper: It always makes me nervous when journalists write about other journalists, because it seems like the best possible outcome is the public not caring, with a good chance everybody will look like fools. On the other hand, given the troubles of the paper, if this actually gets people subscribing to the paper , then maybe they should milk it for all it's ...
Painful Daily "Linkin' Logs" (8/28/08)
The Bad News Bloggers —
... unveiling amongst other things, their name, logo and jerseys. Via PFT, Rumor has it (according to a billionaire) that L.A. will have an NFL franchise by next year. From PFT, Some thoughts on Shawn Merriman's season. Namely Mike Florio provides some insight into the potential pitfalls for the rest of the league as a result of a player playing through such a serious concern. Via Deadspin, Oh, O.J., what will you do next The Jay Mariotti Saga Continues (I know, I know, no one outside of Chicago really gives a shit...) ...
Chicago Sun-Times Blasts Jay Mariotti Upon His Departure
FanIQ Blog —
As most of you know, longtime hated sports columnist Jay Mariotti resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times yesterday. Some people were wondering how the paper would react. Well, today you have your answer.
They can barely contain their glee, by which I mean they can't contain it at all.
According to Deadspin, Pete Gaines (the current ombudsman at Jalopnik) sent an email yesterday to Sun-Times Editor In Chief Michael Cooke:
Sir:
I wish to inform you that due to recent ...
Mariotti Could Soon Be OUR Problem
BostonsportZ —
... for Boston and an array of multimedia opportunities. How he would find flaws in a city with defending champs in basketball and baseball is anyone’s guess.”
Those of you unfamiliar with the Mariotti quitting the Chicago Sun-Times saga, head on over to Deadspin. You can catch yourself up quickly here. You can read some internet reactions here. You can also read a hilarious email exchange between Pete Gaines and the Sun-Times Editor-in-Chief, Michael Cooke here.
The Sun-Times is reacting like his leaving is signaling the beginning of ...
Hatred of Jay Mariotti Gets PeteJayhawk on Front Page of Chicago Sun-Times
FanHouse —
... That note atop the front page is part of an informal PR campaign in which the Sun-Times is publicly saying "good riddance" to Mariotti. Some of it is funny, but I have to agree with A.J. Daulerio at Deadspin: It's rather gutless of the Sun-Times brass to rip Mariotti now that he's gone. If the bosses had a problem with Mariotti, why did they just sign him to a three-year contract? ...
Nobody Sad to See Jay Mariotti Leave
Larry Brown Sports —
... and it’s no surprise to see that nobody is said to see him go, in fact, it’s quite the opposite. Deadspin had two hilarious posts on this topic — one where a reader said he’ll start buying the paper again now that Mariotti’s gone (a true man of principles!), and the other is an ...
Memo to the Star: Fire Cox and I'll take a 7 Day Subscription
Bitter Leaf Fan Page —
... brilliant banner headline from the Sun-Times: I'm not that bald At a time when newspapers are allegedly dying, here's a simple business model that is guaranteed to put the circulation numbers through the roof: fire Damien Cox and I'll take out a five day subscription to the Star. Throw in DiManno and I'll make it a multi-year, seven day commitment and I'll encourage every member of Leafs nation to do the same. The Print Measurement Bureau won't know what hit them. ht: deadspin
Jay Mariotti Cannot Write For The Chicago Tribune
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... ), and even running a front page banner featuring Deadspin commenter Pete Gaines telling people to come back to the paper because Jay was finally gone - it’s not exactly shocking that they would do everything in their power to keep him from joining their main competition. There’s also the distinct possibility that it wasn’t so much the threat of a lawsuit from the SUN-TIMES that kept the TRIBUNE from hiring Jay as much as it was the rest of the TRIBUNE’s staff now wanting to work with Mariotti. Whatever the case, just because Chicago is now safe from him, Jay does say he’s ...
"You've Got Mariotti!"
AwfulAnnouncing —
... a few months back, obviously, followed by what seemed like waves of missives from his former co-workers about how they won't miss him. It's pretty clear when your paper features a subscriber who returned because you left (along with allowing the beat writers and columnists to trash you), people aren't really that fond of you. ...
Jay Mariotti is an idiot
Sixty Feet, Six Inches —
... With moronic blow-hardy comments like these, it's not surprising that when Mariotti left the Chicago Sun-Times, the reaction was somewhat similar to that of roughly 66% of the United States population on January 20. ...
