Bought out LA Times staffers say their goodbyes in emails, while taking shots at the Zell Administration at parent company Tribune

By SDH Whenever someone gets canned at any company, they always shoot out a goodbye email to their fellow staffers telling them how much they enjoyed working with them and they wish them the best, blah blah blah! When new Tribune owner Sam Zell ordered cuts at his newspapers, namely the LA Times, some staffers sent their goodbye emails but not before taking shots at Zell and his minions. Editor and Publisher published some of what they thought were the most vocal emails and we have to say, we would have been much nastier in our goodbye emails. Why the fuck not? The closest any of these emails published by Editor & Publisher came to slapping Sam Zell was from Joel Sappell, special projects editor. Our new "Innovation Officer" recently used the origins of rock 'n roll to explain his vision for The Times. No offense, Lee, but I'd like to think of us more as a symphony, with each part, each note, as important as the next. And, Mr. Zell, please don't confuse arrogance with a commitment to something grander than the real estate in which we're housed or to the dollars in our ESOP. You want people to "Talk to Sam" but not to "Talkback to Sam." Perhaps that's a closer definition of arrogance. Don't Play It Again, Sam: 'L.A. Times' Staffers Bid Farewell in E-mails -- Some Targeting Zell [E&P]