Now, we all know that blogging about your employer's secrets can get you in trouble with said employer. The casualty count of bloggers, writing anonymously and dishing from the inside, is well known. Of course, that doesn't stop people from sharing inside knowledge and taking the risk.
According to the
New York Post, the latest anonymous blogger to
lose her job (well, two jobs, actually) over a personal blog is
Nadine Haobsh, 24, who was associate beauty editor for
Ladies Home Journal magazine. Haobsh's
Jolie in NYC blog featured her gossiping about her job, including an unflattering account describing how her boss caters to fashion designer
Marc Jacobs.
When Haobsh was outed as author of the
Jolie blog, the
Journal fired her. But not only that, she had a new job lined up with
Seventeen magazine -- but the offer was rescinded because of the blog brouhaha. Now she's contemplating writing a book.
Meanwhile, Meredith Publishing, owner of
Ladies Home Journal, has sent an e-mail to employees telling them that blogging is not encouraged (though not prohibited), and that they are required to tell their bosses about their personal blogs.
(Thanks to
E-Media Tidbits alum
Jade Walker for the pointer.)
