Former CP editor Brian Howard to leave GRID magazine

Brian Howard, former Editor-in-Chief of the City Paper and my former boss and editor, is leaving GRID magazine.

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Former CP editor Brian Howard to leave GRID magazine

POSTED: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 3:18 PM
Filed Under: Media | News

Brian Howard, former Editor-in-Chief of the City Paper and my former boss and editor, is leaving GRID magazine, as part of a larger change at Red Flag Media, which owns GRID and Cowbell, both of which Brian was editing.

GRID hired Brian last Winter, as I understood it, to bring a little more (and much-needed) journalistic oomph to the magazine. They're sure to lose some of that oomph with his leaving: Brian is a top-notch editor and a top-notch guy.

Yesterday, he wrote the following letter (forwarded to CP by a little birdie) to his colleagues at the magazine:

Hey GRID folks,

As most of you know, my duties here at Red Flag Media have not been limited to editing GRID, and have also included overseeing a music magazine called Cowbell.

In the last two weeks, there’s been a fairly major tectonic shift happening at Cowbell. As was reported on phawker.com, the Cowbell masthead is being retired and Red Flag will reviveMagnet, a revered, Philadelphia-based print publication that had in recent years—due to unforeseen circumstances not related to the viability of the magazine—existed as a web property.

These things are tricky, and as it works out, Magnet comes with an editor/publisher. Which means that like the Cowbell name, my time here is also winding down. I’m assured that this is not a reflection on the quality of the work we’ve done together over these eight issues, but the residue of a necessary decision made elsewhere in the company.

I’ve truly enjoyed working with all of you, and assume our paths will cross somewhere in this city in the future—most likely in the bike lanes or at the P.O.P.E.

Please direct all future editorial inquiries to Alex Mulcahy
Posted by Isaiah Thompson @ 3:18 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
Comments  (2)
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:50 PM, 09/01/2011
    Bummer! Brian is a stand-up editor. Interested to see where this goes.
    Allie Harcharek
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:17 PM, 09/06/2011
    Ditto! Ditto! Ditto!
    applesz


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