Lynn Hoppes to ESPN

Didn't Lynn write an APSE column last year about how all the writers needed to be loyal to newspapers, even after they were laid off?

 

This is an interesting move..

 

I'm pretty sure this has been in the works for some time. I was hearing rumors of these talks a while back.
Good for Lynn.

 

It was good P.R., to "further the discussion." I read about that kind of thing on the Twitter thread. You quote people saying something they never said, or you say things that really aren't true, or you stretch the truth, or you rub perfume on a pig, and it aids journalists because it furthers the discussion and helps get your message out. Something like that. You can't take it literally. It's just good P.R., and as the leader of the APSE, he had to put a good spin on things. It worked. You believed it.

Or did you?

 

So the presidency of APSE is a PR job?

 

I don't think it's a bad move and I don't begrudge him. I don't even know him. But from a guy who was working overtime to guilt people into sticking with newspapers, it comes off just slightly hypocritical. I mean, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. That was his message, no?

 

Sorta looks that way right now, doesn't it?

And I echo what Waylon just posted. Every word. Happy for the dude. Really am. But, wfw, what Waylon said.

 

Good for Lynn... This one has been rumored forever.

 

Lynn's blog (apparently he has read this thread):

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/apse_presidents_blog/

 

I guess he got the buyout he was demanding for months.

 

Why is that? Just wondering what your thoughts are.