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R.I.P.

5/13/2008 3:12 PM ET | Filed under: Media Minute

For all you media insiders…

Bonnie Fuller is out AMI!

CLICK HERE to read the press release announcing her "resignation."

Uh huh! Sounds like someone was FIRED!!!!!

AMERICAN MEDIA ANNOUNCES BONNIE FULLER TO STEP DOWN AS EVP AND CHIEF EDITORIAL DIRECTOR; TO SERVE AS EDITOR-AT-LARGE OF STAR MAGAZINE AND CONSULTANT TO COMPANY

NEW YORK, MAY 13, 2008 – American Media, Inc. (AMI) today announced that Bonnie Fuller, who has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Editorial Director since July 2003, will resign from those positions as of May 14, 2008. Going forward, Ms. Fuller will serve as editor-at-large of AMI’s Star magazine, and also will act as a consultant to the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David J. Pecker.

"I am proud of the significant achievements of American Media’s celebrity and fitness brands over the past five years, and I am now ready for a new adventure," said Ms. Fuller. "The transformation of Star from a tabloid into a glossy magazine was unprecedented and has proven to be a great success. I am also proud of the redesigns of several other titles over the past few years. I have been fortunate to work with an exceptional group of talented editors and publishers, and am thrilled to continue my involvement with AMI through my role as editor-at-large at Star and consultant to David Pecker."

"Bonnie Fuller has been an important part of a team that has overseen a range of extremely successful editorial initiatives over the past five years," said Mr. Pecker. "I am pleased that we will continue to benefit from her journalistic contributions through her role as editor-at-large at Star and a consultant to the company."

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26 comments to “R.I.P.”

  1. Lester D Molester says – reply to this


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    he he you said Pecker. LOL

  2. nads says – reply to this


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    no one cares

  3. ... says – reply to this


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    im sorry, who? first

  4. Missy Marie says – reply to this


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    Tossed out on her ASS!!

  5. ginaaaaaaaaaaaa says – reply to this


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    Who tha hell is this??

  6. Bullshit says – reply to this


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    She totally got fired

  7. socalguy says – reply to this


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    Perez, you are a 'tard. If you are fired, you aren't retained as a consultant to the CEO.

  8. lmfao says – reply to this


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    no one caressssss

  9. Sourgirl says – reply to this


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    her daughter is my friend, this isnt a surprise at all. kinda funny it took so long considering all the things she demanded

  10. gidge says – reply to this


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    Uh, she is a b$tch and has been for years. BF does this every few years, after she burns through the great team she has when she gets there. . .nothing good about it at all . . .

  11. beeg says – reply to this


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    uhhh…whoooooooooo cares???????????

  12. off the property says – reply to this


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    Bonnie we hardly knew ye! Oh, well enough though I guess…

  13. George Rappleswood says – reply to this


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    One down, one to go — God are you listening?

  14. Dana Jones says – reply to this


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    Dave Pecker SOP: All firings are given consulting contracts to keep them quite and not blab to the Press. She was pushed — HARD!

  15. no comment says – reply to this


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    This money -grubbing cunt, took a free trip from the "Make -A-Wish-Foundation,for her sick kid. I hope she rots in Hell.

  16. Ging says – reply to this


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    I'm sure she will be making more not working than I'll ever make working! I hope she takes the extra time to fix that rank breath, holy crow she killed me!!!!

  17. unemployed journalist says – reply to this


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    all those fucking media big wigs.. and they wont even give me a fucking entry level job. she can suck it!

  18. NYC Girl says – reply to this


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    I worked as Bonnie Fuller's personal assistant and that woman is PSYCHO.

  19. Leenda says – reply to this


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    Hmmm … sounds like a job opening for Perez, perhaps, the queen of all media?

  20. Jann Winner says – reply to this


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    Who? you ask? BONNIE FULLER - the woman who RE-INVENTED the entire American
    Paparazzi Picture based magazine - she's the one that made re-made US WEEKLY then left US for STAR when she was offered over 3 MILLION DOLLARS a year by Pecker. But it turned out that Janice Min, who was Bonnie's assistant at US and who took over US WEEKLY after Bonnie left, may have been the actual genius behind US WEEKLY's success. STAR has never come close to competing with US WEEKLY or any of the other celeb news mags.

    isn't "editor-at-large" a euphemism for "fired"?

    said Mr. Pecker. "I am pleased that we will continue to benefit from her journalistic contributions through her role as editor-at-large at Star and a consultant to the company."

    … that sounds more like, ". . . bitch had an iron-clad contract for Big Money guaranteed over a certain time period — so i'll pay her and give her an important sounding title, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna let her continue to RUIN my Big Dream of owning a Successful Slick Celebrity News Magazine, dammit".

  21. emily says – reply to this


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    i know she is totally a bitch but she lives in my town and her daughter goes to my school! i met her before and she is a really nice person! i guess shes just a bitch when working

  22. anne white says – reply to this


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    fuller fired!

  23. Snowbellcharm says – reply to this


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    I worked for David Pecker for a few years at AMI and I always thought he was reasonable. I left right when BF came on board. Thank God for that. I heard she was a crazy biach

  24. anonymous says – reply to this


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    You can't expect many kind words when you've decided:
    1) To be a magazine editor (a job you pretty much have to be a bitch/bastard to do well - case in point Anna Wintour -she hasn't made any friends
    2)The entertainment business and all its offshoots
    -Fashion Industry, celebrity culture, etc
    are nasty, catty businesses for obvious reasons

    Some people think they need to be a bitch to get stuff done. Some people also obviously don't deal well with high pressure jobs…Bonnie Fuller, if she was a bitch on the job is most likely one of them.

  25. mmm says – reply to this


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    If you are a bitch/bastard at work, you are a bitch/bastard in real life. You can't get a free pass just because it is work…you don't have two separate lives. There is no situation at work that warrants being nasty, mean-spirited or demeaning to people you work with. There are many successful people who have enough class to treat others well. Karma's a bitch, BF!

  26. Loo Ney says – reply to this


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    Seems like a lot of magazines use "editor-at-large" or "editor" as a glorified title for "writer." It's easier to give someone an inflated title than an inflated paycheck.