Philly Mag furloughs; a shakeup at Boston Mag
The Beantown glossy has installed former Philly Mag senior editor Andrew Putz as its editor and laid off six staffers.
Philly Mag furloughs; a shakeup at Boston Mag
Michael Klein, Philly.com
Philly's Metrocorp, publisher of Philly Mag and Boston Mag, is shaking things up.
Philly Mag has laid off an advertising person and last week announced a one-week unpaid furlough for employees, a rep confirms.
Also, Boston Mag has named former Philly Mag senior editor Andrew Putz as its editor, effective July 22.
Boston mag yesterday laid off six people, including editor James Burnett. The remaining workers also will get a one-week unpaid furlough. The mag did not release the size of the remaining staff.
Putz, 35, has edited Minnesota Monthly since March 2007. One of his last pieces for Philly Mag was a profile of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah.
Philly Mag editor Larry Platt had been shuttling between Philly and Boston to help Boston Mag. (By train. He hates to fly.) The Philly operation itself laid off several staffers last November after it cut the frequency of its Philadelphia Home magazine.
Publishing is where all the jobs are.— The Baron- whoooooooooo cares!— madnvocal
- Philly Mag is just one big paid advertisement; why pay 5 bucks or whatever its worth to read ads.— give me liberty or death
- @give me liberty, because if they don't sell advertising they go und. . . what's that? Why do companies make advertisements for people who still read magazines? Isn't that like making cameras for kodachrome film? (thank you, I'll be here all week).— Phils_World_Champs
- Philly Magazine is and has been great for Philadelphia and its environs. I hope they weather the storm. I love it's stories and great writing.— BillyBob369
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- That rag of a magazine sucks. Nothing but advertisements.— JohnnySak
- When are businesses going to learn you don't replace a good employee with a Putz. Every place that hires a Putz lives to regret it. The Mets thought a Putz would solve their problems, it didn't.— Drew777
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- This is a shame. I worked at Philly Mag for a couple of years and there are quality employees there who don't deserve to constantly fear for their jobs every day. It's also a shame that they can't get their web site to be viewed as worthwhile and, in turn, generate enough ad revenue that way.— Narrow
- Drew, LOL!— deanwermer
- How is laying off one person a shake up??? That is like losing one LB a crash diet. Totally useless news.— jakelbi
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- why don't they cut off all the lipsons and conicellas from the feeding tube that is philly mag? it's always the lower level working joans and johnies who have to bear the burden.— frenval
