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In Reply to: RE: There may well be 'life' after Stereophile... posted by 4everyoung on September 12, 2015 at 11:52:51
>I doubt Sam made a whole lot of money at Stereophile...
Sam Tellig was Stereophile's highest-paid writer in terms of how much he
earned per word.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
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to those detractors of stereophile on the critics corner.
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I miss Mr. Gillette. I miss Corey Greenberg. I miss Rob Reina. Nothing and no one lasts foever. Tom championed a lot of great things that otherwise got ignored. I think of his love for Quicksilver monoblocks in particular. But one could tell he was growing old, tired, jaded, and less active. From the loss of his dear friend Lars to physical injury to listening to low fi ukelele music to searching out the convenience of Bluetooth-the writing was on the wall. If memory serves, Tom had left once before and come back. Because I admire him, I selfishlessly would have preferred he had been a bit less vocal on this Board. A few wry quips and a word here and there to signal he is OK and persevering on would have gone far and accomplished as much. My take is from afar as a reader and if I am way off the mark dear Tom I humbly apologize. I hope you and Marina enjoy every last day.
...no wonder his columns were so long.
"Sam Tellig was Stereophile's highest-paid writer in terms of how much he
earned per word."
They were pearls of wisdom that dropped from the stars in the sky like gemstones and worth every penny paid for them.
> They were pearls of wisdom that dropped from the stars in the sky like
> gemstones and worth every penny paid for them.
Indeed!
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
I was just trying to put a happy spin on what seemed to be a sad set of circumstances. Actually I don't think I ever read one word he wrote. Brevity may have been an attribute. On the rare occasions I read reviews the first thing I do is go straight to the measurements. I'm no fan of long tomes. I never even tried to get through War and Peace. If I read the verbiage at all, I go first to how it sounded. Seems like a waste of time though since the answer is always the same, "GREAT, BREATHTAKING, INCREDIBLE, THE BEST I EVER HEARD" or at least that's how it seems to me. So why bother?
However much he was paid per word, that didn't seem to be an issue since he wasn't asked to take a rate cut per article, told to make them longer, or told his services weren't wanted any longer. As I understand it the entire issue was over the timeliness of getting paid. But as anyone who works as a contractor knows and I have on many occasions, you don't get any of the fringe benefits of being in a full time salaried position and that is worth typically 30% in addition to the cost of a salary so it's not a straightforward comparison.
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