Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive Revenge

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torontoist.com - 17 days ago

Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive Revenge

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2009starmemolead.jpg Earlier this week the Toronto Star announced, among other changes , that it was planning to outsource some one hundred in-house, union editing jobs. In the press release issued by the union in the wake of the announcement , union chief Maureen Dawson explained that ...

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Ace! RT @Ms_Ellen_Marie: @WaughComms @LaraPage re: subs http://torontoist.com/2009/11/disgruntled_star_editor_takes_revenge.php < ouch! 22 hours ago

@robjwells You'll love this http://bit.ly/3pZHbu 38 hours ago

Sub-editor fights back at the Toronto Star! The Publisher's nut graph is too long and the lede too vague! http://tinyurl.com/yj7rg68 2 days ago

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Elsewhere In The ist-a-verse
Gothamist — ... Torontoist learned what happens a big city paper announces plans to outsource 100 union editing jobs—an editor takes revenge by editing the crap out of the internal memo that made the announcement. ...

Morning Shots: Sequel Math, Writers On Writing, And A Strong Start For 'Precious'
NPR Blogs: Monkey See — ... • Hoo boy. I've found that "never make editors angry" is a pretty good rule of thumb to follow; The Toronto Star has now discovered the same thing. (I admit that is not strictly pop-culture/entertainment news, it's just so awesome that I could not leave it behind.) ...