Jim Nelson: Publicists' Worst Friend
Hey, wanna make $250k this year for leaking bland celebrity quotes to gossip columnists? Maybe you want to be GQ's in-house publicist. Then again, if you read 'Page Six' yesterday, you probably don't want to. According to an "insider," GQ editor Jim Nelson is "rude and demeaning" to prospective flaks, and:
"Cond Nast has interviewed everyone in town... Ever since Lisa Dallos [now head of p.r. for Wenner Media] left last year, they can't find anyone to take the job despite the fact it pays so well."
What kind of a monster is this Nelson fellow? Treating publicists—the valiant first responders in the noble business that is publishing— like trash? He probably kicks puppies, too.
GQ TO WORLD: PUBLICIZE THIS! [Page Six]