I liked Carolyn Hinsey......

I liked her too, even if I didn't always agree with her

Edited August 7, 200817 yr by Laurie

I liked Carolyn Hinsey......

Me too.

I liked her too, even if I didn't always agree with her

Yup. I disagreed with her more times than I agreed, but I did enjoy her columns (most of the time).

After the garbage she spewed during the writers strike I though she should be horsewhipped. But firing will have to suffice I guess.

Hit the bricks, hag.

Does anyone else think this might be another sign that SOD & SOW are merging into one publication?

After the garbage she spewed during the writers strike I though she should be horsewhipped. But firing will have to suffice I guess.

Hit the bricks, hag.

Yep I remember that, and the ish she spewed after Jax was raped on GH is why I feel she should have been fired long ago. I mean sure have your opinion, but the second she acted like people were stupid for calling it rape was the last straw for me

Yup. I disagreed with her more times than I agreed, but I did enjoy her columns (most of the time).

Hinsey's always been tough for me to get a handle on.

She gave a voice to fans, speaking outright against a lot of the cr@p that invades our TV screens, long before any one else did (and while the other magazines were kissing ass). And she has a true love for the genre (albeit one station more than the others) that no one can deny her. I feel she did a lot right with both magazines.

However, she definitely took SOW to a trashier, more tabloid-ish place. And she's the one responsible for putting prime time shows on the cover, something that infuriates me to this day. And her legendary temper and bias towards/against certain actors and actresses were NOT exaggerated in the slightest. She's a fan, a journalist, a st@r-f#&ker, a grudge-holder, completely inconsistent and could be incredibly mean-spirited, and somebody whose presence will probably, weirdly so, be missed when she's gone.

I've never known how to feel about her, because I constantly find myself defending her when she's attacked, and then attacking her myself when she opens her big mouth and says something ridiculous.

I wonder if the misleading crap on SOW's covers for the last few weeks was a factor as well. I mean this took false advertising to a new level

Does anyone else think this might be another sign that SOD & SOW are merging into one publication?

I was thinking the same thing.

I've never known how to feel about her, because I constantly find myself defending her when she's attacked, and then attacking her myself when she opens her big mouth and says something ridiculous.

Word, brimike.

I wonder if the misleading crap on SOW's covers for the last few weeks was a factor as well. I mean this took false advertising to a new level

Here's what I think: Misleading covers smell of desperation.

The perfect storm of falling soap ratings/interest, rising printing/transportation costs, reduced advertiser revenue in a bad market, magazine sales declines industry-wide...has likely led to SOW making less and less money every single year. Growing internet scoopage (aided by the slow snail mail delivery issues for SOW/SOD many of us have been discussing) doesn't help either.

I think Hinsey could be the most lovely person any one of us ever met, and she still might have met this fate. Her magazine is dying...so when you seek re-invention, you lob off the top.

I suspect the market will soon go down to fewer magazines. However, will they COMBINE SOW and SOD? Or will they avoid brand confusion and just stick with the stronger of the two? (Which, I am guessing, is SOD). Of course, SOD will absorb whatever SOW workers it wants to, but probably not too many...we're dealing with shrinking economies of scale now.

My guess is that they just automatically switch SOW subscribers to SOD, in the hopes of winning them over, and the industry gets smaller.

I like her, and I think she's good for the genre.

Just tell me Mimi's NOT coming back because then I'd think the end is coming

Wow. This does probrably mean that both publications will merged.

Finally, my year-old scheme to take her job hits high gear.

I've never liked her, but when she said what she said about a certain popular ABC actress I was done with her. I'm glad someone finally got smart and fired her untalented and biased ass. Buh bye bitch, and don't come back!