Glenn Kenny.

Following yesterday's memo from New York Times executive editor Bill Keller announcing 100 news room job cuts comes the sound of a hammer hitting closer to home for those of us who love film and great and lively film criticism.

"I've just been informed that my position at Premiere.com is being terminated," announces Glenn Kenny. Maybe he'll be able to carry on blogging at In the Company of Glenn; maybe he'll set up new digs. Either way, while the transition will likely be tough, we hope it'll be quick, and as one comment puts it, "There must be a place that needs a damn good writer with a vast knowledge of film."

Comments: Filmbrain, Karina Longworth, Scott Macaulay, Andrew O'Hehir and Anne Thompson.

Update, 5/9: Glenn picks up right where he left off, now at Some Came Running.

Update, 5/12: At the House Next Door, Keith Uhlich pays "due tribute to Glenn, whom I count as both friend and influence, and whose actions in the aftermath of his dismissal illustrate the kind of revolutionary fervor I find most inspiring (declamatory and defiant, yet likewise subtle and unerringly simple)."

Posted by dwhudson at May 8, 2008 8:59 AM