In The Pink: Ridley To Take Over Managing Editor Duties At Scene

By Kleinheider Posted on August 20, 2008 at 2:39 pm

Post Politics has learned that Nashville Scene Senior Writer and film critic Jim Ridley, known to Pith in the Wind readers as “mr. pink”, will succeed Matt Pulle as Managing Editor of the Nashville Scene.

In 1994, Ridley was one of the first hires of the Scene in its current incarnation after making the transition from a local shopper into its current alt-weekly form under Bruce Dobie and Albie Del Favero.

Born in Murfreesboro and a life-long resident of Middle Tennessee, at nineteen years and counting, Ridley is the longest serving editorial staffer at the Nashville Scene.

UPDATE: Matt Pulle responds to a request for comment on his successor:

“Jim’s is an extraordinarily talented editor and writer who has been the soul of the Scene for as long as it’s been around. He can cover anything, film obviously, but also politics, history, crime, food, whatever. His knowledge and appreciation of the city, which on any given day could touch on anything from the Symphony to a fried chicken shack on Gallatin Road, is exactly what the Scene needs right now. My only regret is that I never got to write for him.”

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