Carolyn Hinsey Fired?
It appears that Carolyn Hinsey has been fired from her job as Editor-in-Chief of Soap Opera Weekly. On a side note, comment no. 45 in that link might be the funniest thing I've ever read.
There's discussion over at SON, as well.
PREVIOUS HINSEY COVERAGE
July 29, 2007: Hypocritical Hinsey Blasts Soapnet
October 4, 2007: Hinsey on Jax's Rape.
November 30, 2007: Striking Soap Writers Blast Hinsey
(Update, 8/8/08): Nelson Branco reports in his column today that he's spoken with an insider at Interlink Media, which owns SOD and SOW. According to said insider, who names budget cuts a a factor for Hinsey's exit, "It's a mutual decision. Carolyn's not upset. She has other irons in the fire." Right. And Dan Rather really wanted to leave the CBS Evening News, and do stories for 60 Minutes every three months.
Meanwhile, the Jossip thread that started all this has gotten so insane, that there's a second Jossip thread devoted to highlights from the comments section of the first. Apparently, all the Munchkins from Munchkinland came out to celebrate last night.
On the one hand, you wonder about anonymous threads and how much can really be true; on the other, some of this stuff is so outrageous, it does seem to fall under the heading of "you can't make this up." Writing about attending soap star functions at an NYC bar, without revealing that you own the bar? Stealing story ideas and bylines? Being obsessed with Randolph Mantooth? Flashing your checkbook, just so everybody can see how much you make?
It also appears that Stephanie Sloane and Lynn Leahey join Hinsey in being less popular than syphillis. What is with this industry? From top to bottom, everybody in soaps today appears to be evil, insane, or insanely evil.
I could care less if she was fired or not....I don't particularly like her
although sometimes her columns could be quite snarky and funny.
LOL! Love the pic!
Carolyn Hinsey should have been fired. She has ruined Soap Opera Weekly
which used to have so many more good features besides spoilers for the
following week or synopsis, which are all of 4 sentences long for each
soap, comings and goings and not enough scoop. Most of the stuff they print
has already been announced online. Sometimes, they get something that is
exclusive to them but rarely. I have always heard that she had a bad
reputation as being a control-freak, devil wears Prada kind of boss plus I
just think she hasn't kept up with the demands of the fans - more behind
the scenes news PLEASE. I want to know who is producing, writing AND acting
on my soaps. SOW has been diminishing ever since the incredible Mimi
Torchin left. I remember when Soap Opera Digest would have 5 page summaries
of the past 2 weeks of each show. Luckily I am a pack rat so i have 2 boxes
filled with issues of SOD dating back to 1984. The covers were amazing and
actually posed for and planned and edited by the magazine. Plus, they
weren't random stories, they all had to do with whatever was the hottest
storyline for the following week. They would have covers with 5 or more
actors. Once OLTL had a murder mystery and they had all the suspects on the
cover looking suspicious. I treasure those magazines because I can always
take one and read it from cover to cover and relive some of my favorite
storylines from the shows. Anyway, i do not think this will go down in the
history books for publishing. Carolyn Hinsley was a nobody in the real
world of magazines and she never earned the respect that she acted like she
deserved. She has not done anything original or fun or sexy with the
magazine ever. What happened to creativity? I can't think it is because of
budget cuts because I have not heard that SOW is folding so why would they
change editors now. because the current one stinks is why. They need fresh
blood over there, a younger soap fans with ideas of taking soap journalism
into the future. I nominate Nelson Branco.
Please...anyone but Nelson Branco...while the guy is good at snagging
interviews with some of the stars, he just regurgitates what's in SOD while
adding his own lavicious comments about the male soap stars and stroking
his own ego.
I think if Hinsey has indeed been fired, it's #1 of a 1-2 punch. #2 will be
SOW and SOD merging.
How much life is left in "Soap Opera Digest" and "Soap Opera Weekly"?
She should have gotten fired over the Jax rape comments last year, if you
ask me.
Carolyn owns Blondie's? I didn't know that. Somehow I missed that.
WOW! Seems these three have manipulated the whole genre to their advantage
and it has now bitten them right on the butt. Hope they have great lawyers
and a lot of money saved.