Tom Spurgeon has reported that allegedly Wizard has made some more significant personnel cuts.
According to Spurgeon, Vice-President of Production and Circulation Darren Sanchez was fired yesterday, after being given the position in 2007. Meanwhile, in-house staff photographer Dylan Brucie allegedly left the company last week, as well. Spurgeon stated that Brucie did a lot of work for ToyFare.
This is only the latest in some shaky reports from the flagship comic news publication of the ’90s, as over the past year they have cut or pushed back major conventions in Los Angeles and Texas, laid off big names like President and COO Fred Pierce and Senior Vice President – Operations Joe Yanarella, and made moves to close down their Congers, N.Y. location to move their significantly diminished staff into their New York bureau.
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
Jeez… Why don’t they just fold already? No one reads Wizard anymore, do they? Their customer service sucks, as was pointed on on this blog a few days ago, and their “50 Best Comic Book Movies Ever” freebie on FCBD was a joke (I finally looked at it a couple of days ago). Part of the problem is trying to come up with 50 good ones, but still.