January 7th, 2008
XXL Editor-In-Chief, Elliott Wilson, Fired.
Sources inside the XXL offices confirmed his termination but no reason for his release was disclosed.
It’s also now known that Wilson’s contract with Harris Publications, XXL parent company, ran out this month. Deputy Editor, Vanessa Satten, is said to be the appointed interim EIC.
Wilson, a freelancer for over 10 years, owned Ego Trip Mag in 1994 and held positions at Scratch, The Source & XXL.
Suggestion Box
January 7th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
i bet he is feeling XXS right about now
January 7th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
wow dont like em as a person think hes 2 cocky but i gotta admit n his term he not only overthrowed the source the leader in hip hip mag for 10 plus years but he completly changed the face of hip hop magshis layouts r ill the photography like i said on the nas xxl cover post is hot n this nigga gonna succed no mata wat even though its prolly his mouth/ego that fuked em up
January 8th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Music is not the only thing suffering from poor sales.
January 8th, 2008 at 1:36 am
lol #1
damn homie, it was good while it lasted. he should use his connects in the industry and start a new mag. he had heavy hitters on his covers every month so i’m sure he made sum friends in high places.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:34 am
SHOULDN’T HAVE RAN THAT SUPREME STORY AGAINST 50 CENT,LOOK WHAT HAPPENS
January 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Same happened at VIBE and Mimi started Hip Hop weekly lol
January 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Thats what happens when u got arrogant wack rhyming editorials, n of course the stan theory..where he was constantly defending having Lil Wayne n G-Unit on most of da mag covers…good! now maybe we can have some variety at XXL, holla…
January 8th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
REALTALK….can you explain how this is ”BREAKING NEWS”?? you sound like a hurricane jus happened…
enuff wit your breaking news crap
January 8th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Who cares? He lost his job. He’ll get another job. End of story.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Too much Interscope and Lil Wayne dickriding I guess.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
His wife is the editor-in-chief of Vibe, found that out not to long ago. Anyway, I’m sure he won’t go the Mimi, Benzino & Dave Mays route. Leave that tabloid, gossip stuff alone.