Dees-Listed: Zuckerman's Former Mouthpiece Donna Dees Lands at Inside Edition
Things are looking up – way up – for Donna Dees, the ousted chief publicist for Mort Zuckerman, who lost her job in August. Depending on who you ask, Dees was either let go as part of a slate cleaning of anyone hired under former Daily News chief Les Goodstein, or she could never get Zuckerman decent play in the New York Times, which is all he cared about.
But now we hear Dees has landed firmly on her feet: As of Monday, she's the new director of communications for Inside Edition. We're told it took only one quick chat – two weeks ago – with Deborah Norville for IE to offer her the gig.
Which should be familiar territory, as it also took only one quick chat for Zuckerman to dismiss her.
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And now she's gone…Donna Dees apparently couldn't get the Inside Edition stench removed fast enough. Less than eight months after saying "I do" to the tabloid, Dees issued a quick "I don't" and scurried away to higher ground.