Switch to the mobile version of this page.

Arkansas Times

July 18, 2012 News » The Big Picture

OA guessing game

In the wake of the Oxford American magazine board firing founding editor Marc Smirnoff, who launched the magazine in 1992, and longtime magazine editor Carol Ann Fitzgerald, the media world wants to know two things: What happened? And who will take Smirnoff's place?

We may not know the former any time soon. Smirnoff told the Times that he wasn't told what specific allegations were lodged against him, but did say he was questioned by lawyers represented by the board about serving alcohol to minors in the OA's employ, which he admitted to. He wouldn't comment on other questions, saying he and Fitzgerald are in the process of hiring lawyers to fight their dismissal. Publisher Warwick Sabin, who is serving as interim editor, wouldn't elaborate except to say that the board "engaged professional legal counsel to conduct a thorough and fair investigation."

If Smirnoff's legal challenge isn't successful, Sabin will likely be looking for a replacement editor in the near future. Below, we speculate wildly about potential candidates.

        
Tweet
Share

« The Magazine Mountain Shagreen thrives, other species at risk | Arkansans in the Olympics »

more News »

The Big Picture archives »

Comments (6)

Showing 1-6 of 6

Add a comment

Subscribe to this thread:

By Email

With RSS

Showing 1-6 of 6

Latest in The Big Picture

Out of whack Arkansas hospital charges

How is it that a "major and small bowel" procedure at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs is billed at an average $333,470, but only $19,740 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro? Or that "infectious and parasitic diseases with OR procedures" are billed at $257,369 at National Park and $44,446 at St. Bernards?
- May 16, 2013
Pigging out

Around 500 hearty souls braved the wind and the rain on an unseasonably cold May Saturday to attend the first annual Arkansas Times Heritage Hog Roast in Argenta.
- May 9, 2013
Mud slinging

"Mud," the third feature-length film from Little Rock native Jeff Nichols, was released in town last Friday. Here's what critics, the film's actors, and Nichols himself are saying.
- May 2, 2013
More »