Mariotti to Tribune?
Tom Loxas | Sep 08, 2008 | Comments 14
Sources tell Chi-ball that Jay Mariotti has had talks with the Chicago Tribune. Mariotti, can not write for another newspaper until his contract runs out with the Chicago Sun-Times. There is nothing however stopping the Trib from hiring the controversial Mariotti to be strictly an internet columnist. According to the source, this would not be a popular move within the Tribune staff .
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Mariotti at the Tribune? Please kill me now.
[...] and is gossiping with little recourse. That’s assuming there is a source. Not to doubt Chi Ball (nothing but love for those young blog hustlers) but as there’s absolutely no way to find out [...]
Please no. I wish this idiot would mercy-kill himself already.
FALL ON YOUR BLADE, YOU COWARD!
Would he allow comments on his stories? Because everyone knows he can’t take criticism.
So much for the BS he spewed about the dying newspaper industry. Not to mention all the swipes he was taking at Sam Zell. What a joke this hack is.
No worries, the Tribune allows comments ont heir articles. There’s no way he’d stand for that.
You have got to be kidding me! I thought we finally got rid of this jerk and now he’s back. The Tribune has just lost my respect!
I wish Jay Mariotti would just go away and take those metrosexually trimmed hideous eyebrows with him. He’s as ugly to look at as he is to read or hear.
BEST NEWS THAT I HAVE HEARD IN TWO WEEKS. WHEN CAN WE AGAIN START READING
THE BEST WRITER IN CHICAGO?
ALL OF THESE REPLYS MUST BE COMING FROM THE SUNTIMES
Yep, Tribune definitely is under new ownership because the old guard would have never hired him. This would be Jay’s dream come true and the sport department’s worst nightmare.
It won’t be long before Mariotti becomes a full-time member of the ESPN family of networks.
He will be with ESPN for a long time, but watch for his new home by Super Bowl, we still say Trib.com for now.
[...] We were told by many sources back last fall that Jay Mariotti would find his way to the Tribune. After legalities delayed the union, rumors have re-surfaced that Mariotti will indeed end up writing for the Trib. Deadspin, (who linked our stories on Jay back last September) are now reporting their sources have Jay joining the Trib’s new Chicago Now site. [...]