Liz Smith Dropped as Columnist from New York Post
By: Eddie Varley Feb. 24, 2009
Gawker.com is reporting that Liz Smith, the iconic New York gossip reporter has been dropped as a New York Post columnist. The website reveals that it was not unexpected news.
"Like so many other newspapers around the nation, we are buffeted by unprecedented economic gales," Col Allan, the editor in chief of The Post, told Ms. Smith in a Feb. 9 letter that said he was not renewing the contract for what he called her "legendary column."
You can read the Gawker report by clicking here.
She has a column at Wowowow.com on various topics, which you can find here.
NY Post PR man Steven Rubenstein sent Gawker an additional statement from Col Allan: "The Post is grateful to have been able to publish Liz Smith's legendary column for so many years. We wish her the very best for the future."
Smith has always been a strong supporter of Broadway and the theatre industry and her actor friendly column in The New York Post will be missed.
There is a wonderful article detailing her storied career over at Wowowow.com.
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