The End Of An Era: Clint Brewer Leaves The City Paper

By Kleinheider Posted on February 13, 2009 at 6:09 pm

Vinson: Prison and graveyard’s full of boys who wore the crown.

Marlo: Point is they wore it.

~ from HBO’s The Wire: Season Three

From SouthComm’s Big Cheese:

“Clint has done a tremendous job raising the standards of news journalism in Nashville. I regret that our new model did not have a place for his talents long term,” said SouthComm CEO Chris Ferrell. “In the present economic environment, we continue to look at making our cost structure as efficient as possible while refining our model of delivering compelling business, political, legal and arts content. Moving Geert and Drew into these new roles will help our two weekly papers develop unique voices that will better serve our readers.”

SEE ALSO:
Brewer on the Mueller Show (taped Friday, Sept. 13th)
Michael Silence
Truman Bean
Jeff Woods
Jen Peebles

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Garrigan Leaves The Scene

By Kleinheider Posted on May 6, 2008 at 5:09 pm

Liz Garrigan has just announced via Pith in the Wind that she will as of July 2008 no longer be the editor of the Nashville Scene:

My next gig is as editorial director of Magellan Media, an umbrella company of book imprints and (non-newspaper) publishing enterprises headed by Nashville businessman Bill King, someone I respect a great deal. I’ll be working on new projects, developing business, assessing ideas and other slightly vague and terrifying pursuits that will probably tempt me (let’s hope unf***ingsuccessfully) to use the word “synergy” and will doubtless cause me to awaken at 3 a.m. in a cold sweat. But that’s just it: My best work comes in the face of blind terror. Plus, after 12 years at one place—as political writer, news editor, associate editor, then editor—it’s time for this root-bound journalist to repot herself.

When I became editor in 2004, I informally imposed a five-year expiration date on the job, figuring that’s how long it would take to do the things I wanted to accomplish and still do them tirelessly, without becoming complacent. I’m crossing the finish line a year and change early.

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