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***mandy*** · 05-04-2007, 09:53 AM,

Quote:Colleagues at my former outlet, PC World magazine, have told me that Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken quit abruptly today because the company's new CEO, Colin Crawford, tried to kill a story about Apple and Steve Jobs.

The piece, a whimsical article titled "Ten Things We Hate About Apple," was still in draft form when Crawford killed it. McCracken said no way and walked after Crawford refused to compromise. Apparently Crawford also told editors that product reviews in the magazine were too critical of vendors, especially ones who advertise in the magazine, and that they had to start being nicer to advertisers...

"Everybody is so proud of Harry but we're devastated that he's gone," said the source. "This is no way to run a magazine. But unfortunately, this looks like an indication of what we've got in store (from the new boss)."...

full article: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/p...ditor.html

BellisimaJ. · 05-04-2007, 12:38 PM,

Kudos to Harry!! Thumbsup

BOOOOO to Crawford.

PC World readers should remember this when it comes time to renew your subscriptions. If the CEO prefers to kiss up to advertisers rather than produce a useful magazine, the integrity of the reviews, stories, etc., will become very suspect. BOO!

***regic*** · 05-05-2007, 08:36 PM,

Quote:If the CEO prefers to kiss up to advertisers rather than produce a useful magazine, the integrity of the reviews, stories, etc., will become very suspect.

The majority of large US media outlets fit that description.

BellisimaJ. · 05-05-2007, 08:48 PM,

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Quote:If the CEO prefers to kiss up to advertisers rather than produce a useful magazine, the integrity of the reviews, stories, etc., will become very suspect.

The majority of large US media outlets fit that description.
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True, but PC World's recommendations and reviews of products will be worthless if they are overly concerned about offending individual advertisers. Of course, that holds true for other similiar publications also.