tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post112981906644051840..comments2024-02-08T09:27:27.492-05:00Comments on Canadian Magazines: Saturday Night -- was this its ninth life?D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1130430176481662962005-10-27T12:22:00.000-04:002005-10-27T12:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for lowering the tone of the conversation. ...Thanks for lowering the tone of the conversation. Had Greg MacNeil not picked it up, Saturday Night would have been dead long ago. Had St. Joseph not then put a lot of money into it (without much hope of return) it would not have increased its frequency, hired a new editor or carried on as long as it did. They do not deserve anonymous slagging.D. B. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1130402153344735892005-10-27T04:35:00.000-04:002005-10-27T04:35:00.000-04:00... that great idea was MVP's (Greg McNeil) - wank...... that great idea was MVP's (Greg McNeil) - wanker! ... what goes around comes around sucka ... these people had a cultural responsibly to have furthered this vehicle and take a personal lose. St. Joe's had no business publishing it. They are interested in money... that's it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1129840320767317032005-10-20T16:32:00.000-04:002005-10-20T16:32:00.000-04:00SN died years ago when it was someone's great idea...SN died years ago when it was someone's great idea to go controlled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1129840291671806922005-10-20T16:31:00.000-04:002005-10-20T16:31:00.000-04:00hey i just remembered I gave them 20 bucks for a s...hey i just remembered I gave them 20 bucks for a subscription at Word on the Street! I wonder what they'll do with us unfulfilled subscribers this time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1129835265623190372005-10-20T15:07:00.000-04:002005-10-20T15:07:00.000-04:00This makes me so, so sad. Puts a bunch of excellen...This makes me so, so sad. Puts a bunch of excellent people back in circulation though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1129826675996609062005-10-20T12:44:00.000-04:002005-10-20T12:44:00.000-04:00Anyone else out there with such experience? Word i...Anyone else out there with such experience? Word is that work in progress for SN is to be paid at the kill fee rate.D. B. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1129826107703575322005-10-20T12:35:00.000-04:002005-10-20T12:35:00.000-04:00what was so valiant about the job g. ross did? the...what was so valiant about the job g. ross did? the screwing over of young, keen writers by getting them to write long features on spec and then do a new draft - and finally, of course, killing the piece without paying a nickel (after not returning phone calls and e-mails for weeks)? the instilling of a climate of uncertainty in a previously pleasant and creative work environment? filling an issueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com