downpunxx@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIt would be a shame if someone posted the article about David Zaslav that GQ magazine apparently pulled shortly after publication this morninglemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageIt would be a shame if someone posted the article about David Zaslav that GQ magazine apparently pulled shortly after publication this morninglemmy.worlddownpunxx@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDick Justice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTl;dr Author writes scathing article about some rich, powerful Hollywood guy. Rich, powerful Hollywood guy complains. Magazine asks for rewrite, with more chill. Author politely declines. Editors do massive rewrite, adding approximately 16% more chill. Author asks for name to be removed from new, more chill article, magazine politely declines. At an impasse about byline, author and magazine decide to just pull the article. Rich, powerful Hollywood guy now enjoying results of Streisand Effect.
Tl;dr
Author writes scathing article about some rich, powerful Hollywood guy.
Rich, powerful Hollywood guy complains.
Magazine asks for rewrite, with more chill. Author politely declines.
Editors do massive rewrite, adding approximately 16% more chill.
Author asks for name to be removed from new, more chill article, magazine politely declines.
At an impasse about byline, author and magazine decide to just pull the article.
Rich, powerful Hollywood guy now enjoying results of Streisand Effect.