Comments on: He buried the lede. Ed Greenspon's for the high jump; Stackhouse is the new Globe editor

By: Crawley Go

Crawley Go — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:59:09 +0000

Crawley should go and a real newspaper management team put in place. Maybe circulation will improve as well as moral. The old boy has told circ to cut costs so front line workers (carriers) are being affected the most. At the current rate of decline, there may not be a paper to deliver.

By: Judy H.

Judy H. — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:03:29 +0000

What video are you talking about ? Please let me have the URL for it.

By: Tam

Tam — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:28:03 +0000

You really think Jan Wong was worth reading?

By: JoanH

JoanH — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:02:57 +0000

I can’t believe he actually used the word “pedigree.”

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:53:06 +0000

Good riddance to that weasel for knifing Jan Wong.

Get rid of Creepy Crawley as well.

By: Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:05:33 +0000

Grudge much?

By: Steph C

Steph C — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:38:01 +0000

Ew, I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.

By: Mark Collins

Mark Collins — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:53:18 +0000

A post at my new general blogging home, “Dust my Broom”:

“Steady Eddie Greenspon fired”
http://dustmybroom.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11706:steady-eddie-greenspon-fired&catid=80:polling

Mark
Ottawa

By: jwl

jwl — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:58:31 +0000

I concur. When I read that, I was thinking Greenspon was ‘reimagined’ out of a job.

By: Andrew Potter

Andrew Potter — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:46:07 +0000

Don’t be modest Paul. It was Scott Feschuk.

By: Paul Wells

Paul Wells — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:43:08 +0000

Andy Lamey.

By: Zamprelli

Zamprelli — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:39:16 +0000

I hope Greenspon goes back to writing a political column somewhere. His was by far one of the best. I seem to remember, in fact, that his only real competition at the time came from that one young go-getter over at the Post. Now, what was his name…

By: Mulletaur

Mulletaur — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:16:05 +0000

I see the staffing changes at the G&M have coincided with a redesign of their Web site (which I really like). Almost feels like a relaunch …

By: John W

John W — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:00:45 +0000

So Greenspon has been sacked. Not resigned? Out the door with security on each arm? He didn’t look like a man facing the noose in that video he made a couple of days ago. I think some insiders should let old Inkless know if it was a complete surprise or planned. Am I missing something?

By: sf

sf — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:56:40 +0000

I must agree. It’s really painful trying to decipher that thing.

Here’s one example:
“To deliver the required results”

Here’s my suggestion as a replacement:
“To succeed”

Or:

“I expect to make an early announcement that we have
recruited”

My suggestion:
“I will soon recruit”

Why do some people have to write things in the longest and most indirect manner possible?

By: BigDaveS

BigDaveS — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:20:46 +0000

Wow, what a horribly written thing. My beef is that John was one of the best writers in Canada. We’ve missed him as an editor!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:37:36 +0000

Brilliant.

Unless you’re serious, of course.

By: Bill Simpson

Bill Simpson — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:35:16 +0000

I love these kinds of communications. Blah blah blah… you’re fired…blah blah blah.

“Reimagination-inspired teamwork” is new corpspeak to me. One to treasure!

By: MJ Patchouli

MJ Patchouli — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:26:25 +0000

“John… is a Queen’s commerce graduate…. high-class pedigree … a distinguished foreign correspondent before taking up executive roles as Foreign Editor…”

John sounds more like an over-educated ‘visitor’ than a real Canuck editor…