Gerstmann Firing Not GameSpot's Fault, Says ModPosted 10:34am Fri Nov 30, 2007 by Aaron Dunlap
Tags: Jeff Gerstmann, GameSpot, EIDOS, firing, politics, Kane and Lynch, CNET
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According to a post by a moderator at the linked page of the GameSpot forums, if anybody at the GameSpot (not Eidos) side of this issue is to be blamed, it's CNET, not GameSpot itself. CNET handles advertising for GameSpot and all other property sites, and they handle hiring/firing.From the thread:
People, don't direct your anger at Gamespot. This is CNet's meddling.
Gamespot consists just of the editorial, news, community, and
development teams. It's CNet's marketing that puts the ads up. CNet's
marketing that complained. CNet is who can fire their EIC.
This makes sense to me. CNet, as owners of GameSpot and damn near a thousand other websites, would be the ones handling HR and marketing rather than having each individual property doing it themselves; that would be redundant. So who should we blame here? Eidos for pressuring CNet into firing Gerstmann over a bad review of a game they've been paying CNet to promote, or CNet for caving to pressure and firing a journalist for doing his job?
UPDATE: However, there would of course be people within GameSpot's management that can fire people. Complete control wouldn't be handed over to CNet.
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