JOSSIP REPORTS — We're hearing lying ex-publicist-cum-OK! exec editor Rob Shuter was just fired by the tabloid's new daddy Kent Brownridge. Not even two weeks on the job and already he's shaking things up. And Rob just got done saying, "Everyone is excited about Kent joining the team … Kent is here to add additional experience to the amazing talent we’ve already got in Sarah [Ivens] and Tom [Morrisey]. He’s joining the magazine in a time of growth (19 percent at newsstand, 12 percent in circulation), where we are standing out from the crowd, but the new challenge is to go further. We’re not satisfied with resting on our laurels. We want to continue to grow." Aw, sad.
Update: Says OK! publicist and resident hottie Brian Strong: Shuter "resigned" and will be leaving to pursue other options, "whatever they may be." Shuter will "be with us for another couple weeks." And the notion that Brownridge axed him? "Absolutely untrue." Because nobody ever fires anybody; they just leave of their own accord.
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Fun times at OK! The busty blonde EIC is having to stay in the office and pretend she's doing some work. Looks like her long weekends, many vacations and "important meetings" outside the office are a thing of the past. Maybe she'd fall pregnant and take some time out? Expect to see Shuter and Laura's salaries combined to try to attract a decent Executive Editor, who will take over the top spot.
"He’s joining the magazine in a time of growth (19 percent at newsstand, 12 percent in circulation)"
HA! Given what he did for Maxim, we'll see how long that lasts =o/