According to New York Magazine, "Daily Show segment producer Elliott Kalan was fired from his gig as a humor columnist for a recent column that declared, 'Nobody reads newspapers anymore … As this very copy of Metro shows, the only way to get most people to read a newspaper is to literally force it into their hands.'"

After reading the article, the interim CEO of Metro International reportedly told publisher to fire Kalan immediately. Presumably, for giving away Metro's entire marketing strategy.