"Fox News representatives and Roger Friedman met today and mutually agreed to part ways immediately. Fox News appreciates Mr. Friedman's ten years of contributions to building foxnews.com and wishes him success in his future endeavors. Mr. Friedman is grateful to his colleagues for their friendship and support over the past decade."
I have to say, I am amazed by the sympathy some have shown towards Mr. Friedman finally being hoisted on his own petard of long-standing. If this makes you think less of me, so be it. If you know what I know about the man and his work, this makes you either remarkably generous or remarkably foolish.
As I have written before, I expect Roger to rebound quickly with as nasty a website as any gossip site we have ever seen, except for those who line his Ziplocked pockets with food and access, competing more than he has with Ms Finke, his natural competitor in this arena. And while he will never cause the tumult inside the movie beltway that Nikki does, he has a real shot at being much more widely popular, given that his interests are broader and more celebrity focused. TMZ would be well served, given their moral position in this business, by hiring him.
Read the complete post at http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2009/04/in_closing.html