In Touch’s Martin Gould, the west coast news director and someone who might be referred to as a “superstar reporter” by peers, is taking off for the greener pastures of … Star.
We had to re-read the email he sent to colleagues to believe it, but it does make sense: Star has been raiding the mastheads of other celeb weeklies in recent weeks, especially In Touch. That, and Gould’s career is filled with breaking some pretty big stories in this biz, like Pamela Anderson’s Hepatitis C status, which her publicist repeatedly denied only to later acknowledge in a “proper” media outlet.
Gould will become senior executive editor at Star when he starts there – or picks up where he left off in 2002 – next week.
“I wanted you all to hear it from me,” Gould writes in his email, “because I am sure you will soon hear from someone else.” So true!
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