Ever since Jeff Koyen resigned from The New York Press earlier this week, the shockwaves—okay, shock-ripples—have continued to reverberate.

After we published Koyen's exit statement, Chris Rohland, his former publisher at NYPress, responded in Editor & Publisher (followed by Koyen again) and the city's most important journalists have weighed in. One enterprising wag has even taken to selling a copy of Koyen's mid-90s 'zine, Crank, on eBay.

But what about the children in this divorce? The writers, editors, artists, art department, and sales employees who are left cowering with their binkies as daddy and daddy fight? Who will listen to their feelings?

Gawker, of course.

After the jump, an anonymous Press employee's letter.

I work for the NY Press and at great risk to my career am trying to clear the air on the controversy around Jeff Koyen's departure. Gawker reported this morning that Koyen was ordered to pull the story by publisher Chris Rohland. While Koyen, the editor-in-chief, is responsible for the contents of each issue, it is the publisher who utilmately decides whether something gets published. The problems at the press are starting to surface and it is largely a management issue.

The public has no knowledge of the disfunction that goes on at the press. Chris Rohland is a strange cat who does not have a particularly strong management style. For nearly a year since taking over as publisher, he has given Koyen absolute free reign to decide on the content of the paper. There have been no real meetings with the editorial group to plan for what goes into future issues or to talk about the future direction of the content. It was left to Koyen to decide. The good side to this approach is that readership and interest in the press increased dramatically as evidenced by the traffic to the company's web site. The bad side is that it subjects the paper to greater risk, something that the publisher is willing to take.

Rohland, in fact, seldom reads the content other than a cursory review. What is disturbing is that Chris Rohland professes that he supports journalistic integrity in appearance, but when things go wrong, he has a habit of blaming others. In this case, he blames Koyen.

What happened with the Pope issue was that it was too far along in production to be pulled and Rohland did not catch sight of this until it was too late. The workings and planning of this issue were no different from other issues.

Koyen is far from being a child. We may differ with his views, but have to respect his integrity for standing steadfast to them. He tackles issues that few editors in this industry would have the gumption to tackle. This has always been the spirit of the New York Press ever since Russ Smith founded the paper. Comments by Chris Rohland in Gawker leaves the impression that Koyen is reckless and rebel, which is far from the truth.

It is high time that someone stands up and takes responsibility and exhibit leadership instead of blaming others while bowing to the singular view of an owner for purposes of advancing his own self-interest.