Another Publisher Out at Entertainment Weekly

Advertising Age ^ | 11/19/10 | by Nat Ives

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Just when Entertainment Weekly seemed to be rolling the boulder back up the hill, Time Inc. told EW staff this morning that its publisher of the last two years, Ray Chelstowski, is leaving.

Mr. Chelstowski informed Paul Caine, president and group publisher of the Style & Entertainment Group at Time Inc., that he has decided to leave EW, Mr. Caine said in a staff memo. No successor was named. "I will be communicating a plan shortly, and my door is open should you have any thoughts or suggestions," said Mr. Caine, himself a former EW publisher.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I gave up on this magazine when, like so many others, it decided to let its writers (primarily the excreable Owen Gleiberman and Mark Harris, but also many others) start inserting off topic lefty political screeds and attacks on conservatives and family values into the content.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

I gave up on EW for the same reason. IIRC, it was about halfway through Bush’s first term that I got fed up with them and got rid of it.

Frankly, I’m surprised they’re still around. I’d forgotten the magazine even existed, which is amazing to me since I used to love it back in the 90’s.

[Cyber Ninja]

TIME was.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Same here. Back in my college days watching "Friends" and "Seinfeld," I couldn't wait to get EW in the mail (I was a subscriber). Then the magazine completely took a dump with the leftist BS and I dropped it and told them why.

But yes, EW was a great magazine, I especially liked their summer movie section.

[packrat35]

I, too gave up on it after almost 15 years. Been at least 8 years since I had a subscription.