Steve Waid was just on SIRIUS Satellite and offered the following tidbits on the scenario:
NASCAR Scene merged into NASCAR Illustrated. (So Illustrated cut the staff? I didn’t catch any details on that.)
SceneDaily.com will continue in some form.
NASCAR Illustrated will be more of a lifestyle type publication as most NASCAR news is available immediately after a race and makes some forms of news rather obsolete.
Scene staff knew that money was short and this wasn’t a total surprise to them.
The free information (Ahem, the Citizen Journalists) that was out there hurt the publication industry.
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When I first started seeing hints that Jeff Gluck was out a job, I thought April Fools day was coming early… I was in disbelief. Jeff is one of the more communicative NASCAR Twitter reporters that I can think of. There are several out there, those that will answer a total stranger, making you feel like part of the process.
But today, in an abrupt move, the organizations owned by Street and Smith, NASCAR Scene and SceneDaily, made drastic cuts. Reporters were asked to turn in keys and laptops and escorted from the buldings.
Those involved in this suprise move were Jeff Gluck, Lee Montgomery, Steve Waid, Rea White, David Exum, Jared Turner, David Griffith, Ben White, Mark Sluder and Shea Alexander were let go.
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