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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
...Gerstmann from Gamespot has been let go. That wouldnt necessarily be newsworthy, but the conditions under which he was allegedly dismissed were. According to the source, Gerstmann was 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...
 
Tags: review, gerstmann, gamespot scale, gamespot, jeffs review, game, eidos kane, kane, anonymous tipster
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...Gerstmann . Before we go further, we should remind readers that its all just that, and that none of the information presented below has been confirmed by an inside source to VGMWatch Yesterday, Penny Arcade brought high attention to the Gerstmann termination with their comic satirizing the context of the firing as it was reported to Penny...
 
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Gamespot staffer Alex Navarro quits in wake of Gerstmann-gate

2008-01-14 18:09:25 by admin in Video Games Blog
 
...Gerstmann I felt like it was just time for me to go," Navarro told Joystiq in an exclusive interview. " Certainly [the decision to leave] had a lot to do with the whole Jeff [Gerstmann] situation. ... I wouldn't have left if this situation hadn't gone down the way it did. ... Sometimes you just realize a place isn't for you anymore, you...
 
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Gerstmann Dropping Giant Bomb On Em

2008-03-08 00:49:19 by Se Ajala in That VideoGame Blog
 
...Gerstmann, who was fired from GameSpot under shady circumstances surrounding a poor review of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men late last year, is about to strike back. With a Giant Bomb Joining Gerstmann in this new endeavour are two of his former colleagues from GameSpot, Alex Navarro and Ryan Davis , who both quit GameSpot shortly after Gerstmann was...
 
Tags: gerstmann, gamespot, quit gamespot shortly, jeff gerstmann, giant bomb, giantbombs office digs, fired, poor review, ryan davis
 
 
 
 
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Gerstmann Speaks Out

2007-12-03 15:36:25 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...Gerstmann himself, one site has admirably managed to break through - Joystiq . Gerstmann spoke out to that publication on a handful of issues surrounding his GameSpot termination, including, in very vague terms, the nature of it Losing a job youve held for over 11 years in an abrupt manner is shocking, yes Bound by legal constraints,...
 
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Gamespot staffer Alex Navarro quits in wake of Gerstmann-gate

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2008-01-14 00:00:00 by Kyle Orland in Joystiq
...Gerstmann I felt like it was just time for me to go," Navarro told Joystiq in an exclusive interview. " Certainly [the decision to leave] had a lot to do with the whole Jeff [Gerstmann] situation. ... I wouldn't have left if this situation hadn't gone down the way it did. ... Sometimes you just realize a place isn't for you anymore, you...
 
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Rumor: Gerstmann to team with Gamespot founder Broady on new site

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2008-01-22 00:00:00 by Justin McElroy in Joystiq
...Gerstmann-gate is really fascinating. Not only do you get a not-quite-insider's view on the whole situation, but there are also some really eye-opening nuggets on the methods GameSpot uses both to track users and to cater to its marketers. If you like the inside baseball side of games journalism, it's a must-read There's also an interesting...
 
Tags: gamespot, gerstmann, methods gamespot, jeff gerstmann, track users, rumor, inside baseball, sam kennedy, kennedy reports
 
 
 
 
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Gerstmann talks firing on X-Play tonight

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2008-02-07 00:00:00 by Kyle Orland in Joystiq
...Gerstmann will appear at 8 p.m. tonight on G4's recently redesigned news show X-Play . According to a G4 press notice, Gerstmann will be discussing innovation (or the lack thereof) in Japanese gaming and will also "field questions regarding his previous position with Gamespot, as well as his current and future endeavors For those who've...
 
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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
 
Gerstmann-gate has become something of a watershed moment in the games journalism industry. Many cynics had assumed that things like that had been occurring for years, but it wasnt until the end of last November that we found out about it in such a highly publicized manner. Though we still dont (and probably wont ever) know what truly happened...
 
Tags: industry, nascent industry, games journalism industry, games journalism, games, josh larson, josh, larson, cnet
 
 
 
 
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