Oh, honey, I could tell you so much about David Wetherell. None of it bad, mind you, but it's just so strange to me that he ever became, even briefly, the King of the Internet. because he's just this dude I worked for when he first bought what was then CMG in 198... 7, I think? I was already working there, as the Advertising Manager, which sounds more impressive than it was, since I was also the whole advertising department at the time. We were all pretty young -- I was 27 or so, and he was around 30, and the guy he hired in over me to be Marketing Manager (with no objection from me) was probably a couple of years older than me, and we had fun. Wow, that was a long time ago.
The article is beautifully written, and I enjoyed reading it. In fact, I think I may have read it when it originally appeared in Salon, and never realized that it was you who wrote it until now.
Oh, honey, I could tell you so much about David Wetherell. None of it bad, mind you, but it's just so strange to me that he ever became, even briefly, the King of the Internet. because he's just this dude I worked for when he first bought what was then CMG in 198... 7, I think? I was already working there, as the Advertising Manager, which sounds more impressive than it was, since I was also the whole advertising department at the time. We were all pretty young -- I was 27 or so, and he was around 30, and the guy he hired in over me to be Marketing Manager (with no objection from me) was probably a couple of years older than me, and we had fun. Wow, that was a long time ago.
The article is beautifully written, and I enjoyed reading it. In fact, I think I may have read it when it originally appeared in Salon, and never realized that it was you who wrote it until now.
I think I remember reading this one back when it was published.
Getting the Director's Cut treatment 20 years later is a treat!
That said, 1999 was a strangely memorable year.
Have you been in touch with Dave Karpf? Sounds like you would have things to talk about.