A lot "media news" this week, http://www.boats.com/boat-content/20...-colby-column/.
Must be a full moon.
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03-16-2010 06:06 PM
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03-17-2010 08:57 AMAnybody got a link to the article? I would like to make my own call as far as what was written. Thanks.
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03-17-2010 09:06 AM
Well the magazine sure didn't have his back.....or much of a spine.
I always thought that controversial issues increased reader interest, but the performance boating magazines have generally steered away from that sort of thing to keep the peace. Based on the sterling circulation numbers of these mags....maybe that's not working so well.
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03-17-2010 09:12 AMWow. That's pretty lousy on the part of Performance Boats Magazine.
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03-17-2010 09:26 AM"Eric is a good writer, but this is not the first time we’ve had sensitivity issues with his work," said Chris Davidson, the publisher of Performance Boats. "He will no longer be writing for us.
"I really don’t want to comment," Davidson added.
Chris also employs a guy to manage the magazine from a content perspective. The editor. His name is Brett Bayne. I guess Brett doesn't read the magazine before it prints either?
They must not have read it. Because if they did, surely they would have seen the incendiary nature of the article and instantly noticed what Eric's insensitivity blinded him to...
It's funny how a purportedly inflammatory article was written and published, but it being published is now the responsibility of the writer.
I guess that may play better than...
"The realities of this economy have not been kind to a startup magazine attempting to compete with other long-established publications. At this time we have to trim costs and while Eric is a fine and knowledgeable writer we simply have to make due with fewer resources in order to survive".
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03-17-2010 09:39 AMFurthermore:
"Eric is a good writer, but this is not the first time we’ve had sensitivity issues with his work," said Chris Davidson, the publisher of Performance Boats. "He will no longer be writing for us.
"I really don’t want to comment," Davidson added.
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03-17-2010 09:41 AMHe'd have been better off not.
This is why companies have separation agreements with key employees- to avoid their dirty laundry from being aired in public.
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03-17-2010 09:46 AM
I think I flunked "Sensitivity 101".....................5 times.
But I aced "Common sense" and "Plain Truth"......sadly neither of these courses is available any more.
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03-17-2010 11:27 AMMaybe they did not think it was bad until, Maybe some advertising money was about to be pulled, Both Chris and Eric are great guys.
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03-17-2010 02:53 PMHey Kurt,
To be fair to Performance Boats, they did not "air out" anything. I wrote it as a news story on speedonthewater.com because Eric is well-known figure in the high-performance boat world and Performance Boats is a prominent magazine.
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03-17-2010 03:08 PMJeez, I've only been fired twice in my life, and Brett Bayne did it both times...........
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03-17-2010 05:04 PMHe was critical because someone was legally intoxicated and they fired him because some advertiser threw a fit?