1. So, this letter on behalf of Ian Buruma raises an interesting question but doesn't persuade because it fails to grapple with why Buruma was actually fired (or perhaps forced to quit).https://twitter.com/caraNYT/status/1044594319951351811 …
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9. If you read NYRB's statement on Buruma's departure, it's clear that beyond contents of Ghomeshi article, staff was unhappy that article was pushed through without their imput & then described (in Slate interview) as a collective, agreed-upon choice.pic.twitter.com/ALExPisMti
10. Now it's important to think about the staff revolt as a practical problem. NYRB is highly niche magazine. If the people who actually put it together leave, it would be very hard to hire replacements. Nor was Buruma (a green editor) in position to train a new staff.
11. So NYRB publsiher Rea Hederman was faced with a real dilemma: staff had lost confidence in Buruma & staff was essential. That's as much a trigger for Buruma's departure as the specific contents of Ghomeshi.
12. The other thing about NYRB that people aren't factoring in is that it's a commercial enterprise. It actually makes money! But that also means that owners can't indulge in capricious reader-alienating behavior of, say, a Rick MacArthur (with his foundation $$)
13. There were some rumors that big university presses (which are a cash cow for NYRB) were unhappy but there's much less evidence for that than there is for staff revolt.https://twitter.com/PatrickIber/status/1044783547419103232 …
Wasn't there word of a revolt by Big University Press too, threatening to pull ads? There is maybe an actually interesting angle there about the relationship of NYRB to its major source of revenue.
Did that word come from anyone other than Buruma himself in the interview he gave to that Dutch publication? The few university presses contacted by journalists denied it.
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