6 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

All I know is, according to that oldschool Jossip gossip, Tom Eplin gave her a life-long parting gift after their relationship ended... 

GL killer Ellen Wheeler and Stephanie have alot in common. 

33 minutes ago, TEdgeofNight said:

GL killer Ellen Wheeler and Stephanie have alot in common. 

No, not really. At least not what was just being referred to. But, other things, yes, EW & SS were both women TE was with & then there's 2 other wives. 

As of now, Mara, Janet and Devin are the only holdovers still posting all-new content to the website version of SOD. Carolyn Hinsey continues emailing her column, which doesn't appear to have a set release date yet. Last week, the column was published on Monday. The latest was posted today (Tuesday).

Someone named Lee Meyer, presumably a freelance writer, is credited with a piece today, but it was also published to the site by Mara based on the link when hovering over his name on the byline. This is Lee's bio on Muck Rack, a website tracking content posted by journalists across the web: https://muckrack.com/lee-meyer/articles

My understanding is Mara is now in charge of SOD following the departure of Stephanie.

14 minutes ago, Errol said:

 

My understanding is Mara is now in charge of SOD following the departure of Stephanie.

No surprise there & at least it makes sense.

The site has brought back the "Five Things That Happened On..." posts as of yesterday, November 13. 

Only toxic people stay at a company in a position of power for so long.

Good riddance.

On 11/14/2023 at 8:32 PM, Errol said:

The site has brought back the "Five Things That Happened On..." posts as of yesterday, November 13. 

I did notice that; I missed those posts, despite how repetitive they are. We Love Soaps always did a top-notch job with those kind of posts.

8 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

Only toxic people stay at a company in a position of power for so long.

Good riddance.

Given the several hundred comments from well wishers I think she will live without your appreciation. IOW, there would seem to be plenty of room for differences of opinion about her tenure. 

We would just have to agree to disagree since I reject your premise. There's no way you could show causality between someone staying at a company for a 35 year career & them being a toxic person. Please, make it make sense. 

And, she was only in a position of power maybe the last third of that. First Meredith was top Editor & then Lynn Leahey was. 

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8 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

Only toxic people stay at a company in a position of power for so long.

Good riddance.

Agree 100%. 

40 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

Given the several hundred comments from well wishers I think she will live without your appreciation. IOW, there would seem to be plenty of room for differences of opinion about her tenure. 

We would just have to agree to disagree since I reject your premise. There's no way you could show causality between someone staying at a company for a 35 year career & them being a toxic person. Please, make it make sense. 

And, she was only in a position of power maybe the last third of that. First Meredith was top Editor & then Lynn Leahey was. 

Donna, please understand that not everyone has to agree with your sentiment, nor do you have to respond to every poster. Regardless of your feelings on a matter, understand not everyone shares it. Let them be free to say what they will about a topic that they decide to reply to.

7 minutes ago, Errol said:

Donna, please understand that not everyone has to agree with your sentiment, nor do you have to respond to every poster. Regardless of your feelings on a matter, understand not everyone shares it. Let them be free to say what they will about a topic that they decide to reply to.

Saying that you agree to disagree with someone & why is in no way impinging upon their ability to state & have that opinion. Rather it is a hallmark of 'live & let live' discussion since it is upfront in acknowledging different opinions is cool. If you offer to agree to disagree you are expressing respect of that other person & their opinion. 

It's too early to tell, but it looks like TV Guide is picking up the mantle for the discontinued Soap Opera Digest.

The latest issue has a two-page spread on the four daytime dramas with articles/interviews written by Michael Maloney, formerly of Soaps In Depth and currently at Soap Hub. Maloney also freelances for TV Insider (an online news site for TV Guide) and Variety. He's a great writer. He also wrote the book on Y&R with Lee Phillip Bell.

Example: 

Congrats, Michael!

18 minutes ago, Errol said:

It's too early to tell, but it looks like TV Guide is picking up the mantle for the discontinued Soap Opera Digest.

yes I saw that, the Days twitter and facebook accounts picking up that TV Guide Nicole article and posting it in full.  Interesting that TV Guide gave permission.

Also another Michael Maloney TV Guide article posted in full for B&B on John McCook's ig. (spoilers)

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6 minutes ago, janea4old said:

 Interesting that TV Guide gave permission.

I'd hope they got permission. But then again, this defeats the purpose of buying the magazine if the shows will just willy-nilly share screenshots.

That being said, DAYS and Y&R got the biggest coverage of the four shows. The Y&R interview/feature is with Melody Thomas Scott and the GH one is with Rena Sofer. The mag also has a "previously on" section to catch people up on what they might have missed. Will see how this goes in future issues but I kinda like this idea. Being featured in TV Guide is definitely a leg up for the soaps.