Chris Ciompi Out At “Genre”
More HX-related drama. Genre‘s EIC Chris Ciompi got sacked today and will be replaced by former Men’s Fitness editor Neal Boulton.
So, what’s the HX connection? Window Media owns both fag rags and, from what we hear, plans on moving the monthly into the weekly’s 17th street digs. From a reader – who, no, doesn’t work at either Genre or HX, for whom our handsome editor once toiled:
Genre is declaring bankruptcy so they don’t have to pay the back rent they owe for their offices and are moving into HX – perhaps the reason four HX staffers were fired.
Now we know what “restructuring” means.
The same source also had some less-than-kind words for Window honcho David Unger:
David Unger is next to impossible to work with. He squanders every bit of good will that has ever been put forth to Genre with his abrasive and condescending attitude. A very rich man who isn’t very smart or likable.
We’d comment on that, but we’re afraid Unger will roll over us in his Rolls Royce.
“boyfriend of Rush & Molloy junior gossip Patrick Huguenin,” eh?
Patrick’s hot. We all used to fancy him something rotten. But he was one of the few to escape without getting fucked by at least one of us.
I’m assuming you got the Genre moving into HX offices quote from the unreliable Joe Ross. And Andrew? Not that handsome.
Here’s to Chris. He’s better than Genre and hopefully he’ll land on his feet.
I am sorry but why is this news for all of us? It seems qweerty’s fascination should be all of ours?
On another related note, who cares who works at HX or whether they declare bankruptcy.
Why would Genre not pay for rent when it’s in the New York Press office anyway, which is also owned by Unger (and one other Unger publication??)? This sounds bogus. I’m sorry for Chris, but he’ll land on his feet. It was a good run for him, and I think he did as much as he could with what he had.
perryoshow, can you please tell me that you were kidding when you threw in the personal attack on Andrew? how is that a productive comment?
Ah so it’s okay for the guys here to make personal attacks (regardless of who actually uttered the words) on the owners of HX and Genre but someone expressing their opinion of Andrew isn’t okay? How is it productive that only one gay magazine IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY is repeatedly targeted on this site. How about the employees of the company who are probably dealing with some low morale as it is right now after the firings? How about how they feel when they see their company talked about in this way? If Andrew and Co at Queerty don’t like HX that’s fine. But it’s getting OLD quick and reflecting rather poorly on themselves. I thought one of the rules of journalism (if this falls under that category) was to not talk bad of other organizations. There are plenty more magazines out there the HX but they seem to target them as often as they can and there are plenty of people out there who don’t know who they are and plenty who don’t care. As NYCStudMan ssaid in an earlier post, you’re sounding very bitter. Get over it and over yourselves.
I like hearing about these magazines and all, but drjon is right. Queerty has an agenda, and it’s a boring one. HX is, at bottom, no better editorially than any other bar rag, and probaly run no worse. Time to move on.
DrJon schools us on the rules of journalism. The irony is rrrich.
HX mischaracterizes and libels a Splashne’dweller, blindly publishing verbatim fluff and attempts to cover their own asses with a huffy “but Splash is a historically accurate source.”
Tell me, does Matthew Bank have a degree in journalism? That’s the reason the fag rag is embroiled in the legal troubles. It would help if they read a primer in journalistic ethics and legalese now and then.
I say, keep publishing the latest scandals in HX-dom. It’s a bumbling comedy of errors and one helluva entertaining diversion.
By the way, I think perryoshow was disparging the looks of Joe Ross, not Andrew.
nystudman is Chris Ciompi – the old editor of GENRE.
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