As yesterday wrapped, Gawker reported that Spin editor in chief, Andy Pemberton was officially out at the mag.

As WWD predicted this morning, Andy Pemberton has been booted from his brand-new gig as Spin’s EIC … He’d produced only one issue, but, as a tipster points out, said issue “was indeed a giant shitball.” No word on a replacement.

Rumors of his booting began swirling yesterday morning, when WWD suggested that higher ups were not happy with his "first few issues" of Spin. So, where there three issues or only one? (Since Women's Wear did report he's been the EIC since February, we're going to guess he probably worked on more than one issue, but only fully produced one?)

Now that we have none of that cleared up, let's move on to what Pemberton has to say about his departure from Spin.

Oh, he says he's not actually leaving Spin, he was just going to the beach. Now we get it. The rest of this mixed up mag gossip, in which the only question we answer is "how big of a shitball is Pembo?" … after the jump.

But Pemberton, reached on his cell, said there had been no change in his status. “I certainly haven’t left Spin,” he said, claiming the e-mail was merely intended to let underlings know he’d be spending today at the beach. OK, then — did he expect he’d still be at the magazine next week? “All I can say is as of now I’m still at Spin.”

While we do think it's odd for a person who will likely be out of their job within a week to say "as of now, I'm still here for one more day." No wonder his colleagues think he's a giant shitball. What kind of EIC emails their staff, saying, "hey guys, while you're all working for me, I'm just going to go hit the beach. You've got my BlackBerry number if you need me?"

Who does he think he is? A publisher?

Spinning His Wheels [Jeff Bercovici, WWD]
As Predicted, Pemberton Is Out at ‘Spin’ [Gawker]