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Man who fired Jeff Gerstmann fired

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2008-04-06 05:04:49 by Mathew Ballard in That VideoGame Blog
...fired after his low review score for Kane and Lynch: Dead Men . Although the real reason is only known to those who were closest to the situation, that review score is thought by many to be the reason why Jeff was fired. Since, a good portion of the editorial staff at Gamespot has left; Alex Navarro , Frank Provo , Ryan Davis , Brad Shoemaker...
 
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Report: Tecmo Fired Itagaki Before He Could Quit

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2008-07-23 17:25:38 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
...fired Wired magazine contributing editor Brian Ashcraft has been going through piles of Japanese-language court filings, digging up new dirt on the lawsuit between Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki and his former company Tecmo and reporting it on Kotaku For one, Ashcraft writes, Tecmo fired the outspoken game designer days after he...
 
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UPS Employees Fired For Stealing GTA

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2008-04-28 20:45:25 by PilarVIRUS in GamerCenterOnline
...fired for stealing copys of Grand Theft Auto IV from there shipment boxes I spoke to an employee of UPS over the weekend, and he told me that a surprising amount of workers were getting busted stealing the game from the shipment boxes. In one 24-hour period, three workers were fired, and more interviews were scheduled for today that would...
 
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Gerstmann fired due to advertiser pressure for his review of Eidos Kane & Lynch game

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2007-12-01 00:43:19 by aDub in VideoGame2Play
...fired on the spot due to advertiser pressure for his review of Eidos Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. A visit to Gamespot shows that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game has taken over the site very prominently, with backgrounds and multiple banner ads all pitching Kane & Lynch. Allegedly, publisher Eidos took issue with the review and threatened to...
 
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GameSpots Gerstmann Fired Over Review?

2007-11-30 22:37:16 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...fired because of his harsh review of Kane and Lynch: Dead Men , and cited GameSpot and parent company CNETs continued concern over Gerstmanns review tone. Gerstmann gave the game a 6.0 out of 10 and was particularly unflattering toward Kane and Lynch in his video review, which has since been removed from the site. Penny Arcade sees the...
 
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Jeff Gerstmann's superior fired from CNET

2008-04-04 17:07:57 by Sally B. in Xbox 360
 
...fired from his post. According to Kotaku's sources, Larson has been accused of bringing about the unwarranted involvement of Gamespot's sales team with the business of the editorial team The source also disclosed how the sales team became increasingly involved in the affairs of the editorial staff ever since Larson replaced his predecessor,...
 
Tags: larson, games josh larson, gerstmann, jeff gerstmann, gamespot controversy, sales team, editorial staff, gamespot, anonymous source
 
 
 
 
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Jeff Gerstmann's superior fired from CNET

2008-04-04 17:07:57 by Sally B. in PSP Updates
 
...fired from his post. According to Kotaku's sources, Larson has been accused of bringing about the unwarranted involvement of Gamespot's sales team with the business of the editorial team The source also disclosed how the sales team became increasingly involved in the affairs of the editorial staff ever since Larson replaced his predecessor,...
 
Tags: larson, games josh larson, gerstmann, jeff gerstmann, gamespot controversy, sales team, editorial staff, gamespot, anonymous source
 
 
 
 
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Jeff Gerstmann's superior fired from CNET

2008-04-04 17:07:57 by Sally B. in Nintendo DS
 
...fired from his post. According to Kotaku's sources, Larson has been accused of bringing about the unwarranted involvement of Gamespot's sales team with the business of the editorial team The source also disclosed how the sales team became increasingly involved in the affairs of the editorial staff ever since Larson replaced his predecessor,...
 
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Poetic justice: CNET executive who fired Gerstmann will soon be jobless

2008-04-04 15:05:00 by Destructoid.com in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
...fired will be laid off next week as a casualty of restructuring. Kotaku was forwarded some internal communication that explained the move: ...new management structure means that Josh Larson's position as VP, Games is being eliminated and Josh will be leaving the company. While its unclear if Larson was the guy who made the call to let...
 
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Gerstmann: Gamespot fired me

2008-04-07 05:55:37 by patlike in videogaming247