We hear from multiple sources that Orla Healy, the legendarily-disliked features editor at the New York Daily News, has been let go. Since Martin Dunn left the paper, Healy's clock has been ticking. Time's up. We hear. [UPDATED below].
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And the hemorrhaging continues at the Daily News features department, where today we hear that movie critic Jami Bernard was informed her contract will not be renewed. At this rate, it's only a matter of time, we imagine, till Ben Widdicombe is writing the whole paper. Congrats, Ben.
Word came late Friday that yet another of Orly Healy's features writers quit her job. This time it was Breanne L. Heldman — who, according to Nexis, has clocked 128 bylines so far in 2006. It's something like the ninth or 10th departure from the features department since Healy's arrival. Which raises the question:…
In December, fashiony features czarina Orla Healy returned to the Daily News; after a stint in magazines and at the Post, she came home to the News to take the role of Managing Editor Features. So how's that working out for everyone?
To compensate for your short-term memory loss, a recap of some major shifts at the Daily News: Colleen Curtis recently left her position as Managing Editor Features for the warmth of Diane Sawyer's lap at Good Morning America. Even more recently, editor-in-chief Michael Cooke left — after a mere ten months at the…
