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Re: Quick

Posted on July 8th, 2008 4:12pm by Eric Celeste
Filed under Local News

Tim, just talked to an executive at the DMN. I’ll take that bet. Cuz, as my source says:

“At this point, there are no plans to make any radical changes to Quick.”

Then she offered to hire me as a consultant. Cha. Ching. Brutha.

16 Comments to “Re: Quick”

Who Knows @ July 8th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

Maybe they don’t consider going weekly a radical change?
Hyper-Literate @ July 8th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

DMN executives fib just like everyone else:
I called them almost a year ago to talk about a fire at their production plant in Plano. According to an editor there nothing happened at the plant. It wasn’t until I talked to the plant operations manager that I learned they had to evacuate because of a power surge at a generator.
bloggie @ July 8th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

She must have read your cougar story…
paperboy @ July 8th, 2008 at 4:31 pm

probably because the “editor” works during the day and the power surge happened during the night shift. Things like that happen all the time, I don’t see any conspiracy of silence.
Tim Rogers @ July 8th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

The bet, then: Quick is a weekly by September 18. You’re on, Eric.
Wes Mantooth @ July 8th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

“We have no plans to make radical changes” sounds an awful lot like “I’m leaving politics to spend more time with my family.”
Rawlins Pro-Am @ July 8th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

Heard they offered to double Celeste’s salary. When he resisted protesting his loyalty to ‘D’ Rogers and Allison, they tried tempting him with expense accounts, zero deductible health policies, Fridays 8-noon workdays to utilize gratis green fee perk.
I’m thinking golden parachute.
Double duh @ July 8th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

The power surge and subsequent fire happened during the day. The editor had to call the plant to confirm it after I called for an interview.
ethics @ July 8th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

Once again, Frontburner publishes an unsubstantiated rumor. Let’s raise the journalism bar, boys.
publicnewssense @ July 8th, 2008 at 5:57 pm

Quick isn’t a weekly already?
Bob @ July 9th, 2008 at 2:16 am

Oh, “Ethics,” please. We read FrontBurner because of the unsubstantiated rumors. Baiting the D gang with info or a conflicting POV is great sport.

Now, please get off your journalistic high horse and let us know when you are ready to become a PR hack.
DA @ July 9th, 2008 at 9:05 am

“DMN executives fib” … and the award for understatement of the year goes to …
Alibaster K. Abthernabther @ July 9th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

I have it on the best of authorities that next week we will begin publishing quadrennially.
simplesimon @ July 9th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

I thought FB Nation collectively told you to go away.
Alibaster K. Abthernabther @ July 9th, 2008 at 5:29 pm

Hmmmmmm. Doesn’t ring a bell.
simplesimon @ July 9th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

It was about the time D rejected you.