Another Hit
Who's keeping the definitive list of whacked movie print critics? The Salt Lake Tribune's Sean Means? He's probably already added Arizona film critic Craig Outhier, but in case he hasn't here's the announcement. Arizona's East Valley Tribune (which publishes affiliate local papers in Scottsdale and Tempe) will cut loose 46 editorial employees come January, Outhier included.
Whenever someone gets it like this I always think of Joe Pesci's death in Goodfellas. "Oh, no!"...thunk, body flop in the linoleum floor, blood spreading out and the old-guy shooter saying with finality, "That's that."
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 8, 2008 at 8:36 AM
comment #1
actionman
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Poland had posted something at MCN that had a round-up of all of the recently axed film critics...can't find the link anymore...
Posted by actionman
at October 8, 2008 11:24 AM
comment #2
actionman
says ...
Here you go, Wells:
1. Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times, buyout, 2006
2. Steve Ramos, Cincinnati CityBeat, position eliminated, April 2006
3. Jami Bernard, New York Daily News, contract not renewed, May 2006
4. Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News, buyout, fall 2006
5. Dennis Lim, Village Voice, laid off, October 2006
6. Michael Atkinson, Village Voice, laid off, October 2006
7. Mark Burger, Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal, laid off, November 2006
8. Barbara Lester, CityLink (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), position eliminated, early 2007
9. Bob Ross, Tampa Tribune, laid off, April 2007
10. Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News, buyout, May 2007
11. Phoebe Flowers, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, reassigned, May 2007
12. Dave Gathman, Elgin (Ill.) Courier-News, staff reorganization, May 2007
13. Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, buyout, summer 2007
14. Jack Garner, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle, retired, June 2007
15. Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune, quit, July 2007
16. Rob Nelson, City Pages (Minneapolis-St. Paul), position eliminated, August 2007
17. Matt Soergel, Florida Times-Union, reassigned, October 2007
18. Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press, buyout, December 2007
19. Jack Mathews, New York Daily News, retired, December 2007
20. Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader, retired, December 2007
21. Ed Bradley, Flint (Mich.) Journal, buyout, January 2008
22. David Elliott, San Diego Union-Tribune, laid off, January 2008
23. Jan Stuart, Newsday, buyout, March 2008
24. Gene Seymour, Newsday, buyout, March 2008
25. Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News, reassigned, March 2008
26. Mary F. Pols, Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune, buyout, March 2008
27. Nathan Lee, Village Voice, laid off, March 2008
28. David Ansen, Newsweek, buyout, March 2008
29. Glenn Kenny, Premiere, terminated, May 2008
30. Stephen Hunter, The Washington Post, buyout, May 2008
31. Desson Thomson, The Washington Post, buyout, May 2008
32. Hap Erstein, The Palm Beach Post, buyout, July 2008
33. Lance Goldenberg, Creative Loafing (Tampa Bay), laid off, August 2008
34. Bruce Bennett, New York Sun, paper ceases publication, October 2008
35. S. James Snyder, New York Sun, paper ceases publication, October 2008
36. Craig Outhier, East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.), laid off, January 2009
http://blogs.sltrib.com/movies/labels/disappearing%20critics.htm
Posted by actionman
at October 8, 2008 2:09 PM
comment #3
MartinBlank
says ...
Then we cut to Jeff hearing the news and toppling a telephone booth in a rage of grief.
Posted by MartinBlank
at October 8, 2008 2:41 PM
comment #4
TVMCCA
says ...
I remember Wuntch as a decent enough MOR film critic from my teenage and college years in Texas. Atkinson, Lim and Wilmington are regrettable casualties of corporate liquidations.
Curious when Sarris and Reed will be booted from the NY OBSERVER for Sara V.'s TVesque go-with-the-current-flow appraoch to film criticism to become the paper's only unchallenged cinema voice.
Posted by TVMCCA
at October 8, 2008 3:39 PM
comment #5
TVMCCA
says ...
Forgot about David Elliott. Like Wuntch, a decent MOR critic/writer. A shame Elliott was booted from USA TODAY in favor of now out-of-favor Mike Clark.
Posted by TVMCCA
at October 8, 2008 3:40 PM
comment #6
Sean Means
says ...
I didn't intend to be the Grim Reaper of movie critics. I started the list of The Departed to illustrate a point about how newspapers decide to axe their film critics and go with wire reviews - thus scuttling that paper's individuality to save a few pennies.
If I'm missing any names, please let me know at movies@sltrib.com.
Posted by Sean Means
at October 8, 2008 3:56 PM