The Sun-Times gets to dump another salary—Cheryl Reed, the editorial page editor, has quit, and quite spectacularly.
A couple of weeks ago I heard that she’d turned in her resignation—she couldn’t have been a happy camper after layoffs cost her about half her staff. But she was talked out of it (by publisher Cyrus Freidheim himself), and editor in chief Michael Cooke issued a memo telling the staff to ignore the rumors: “She’s with us for the battle.”
Read More of Gone from the Sun-Times: Cheryl Reed off-site...Metsfan78 says:
She could not have been dismayed by the loss of half of her ed board as apparently she orchestrated the dismissals herself. Universally disliked by her colleagues, not a tear was shed upon her (overdue) departure, but to hear some of them tell it, a few jigs were danced.
CDOBs Editors says:
Did Ms. Reed actually think that the editorial board, rather than the publisher had control of the SunTimes endorsements?
Mike Miner seems to be sympathizing with this position, though surely he knows how endorsements actually work.