Well, I have to give Dave Palumbo and John Romano credit for speed. Within a week of their firing from MD they have a new site up and functioning, complete with social network, articles, forums, radio show and more.
They came out firing with a no holds barred reply to their recent dismissal from MD, text below. It references Steve Blechman’s post, which can be found on my original post about the matter.
“First of all, for a guy who promotes a magazine and website that are supposed to be “No Bull,” this statement Steve Blechman posted is remarkably full of shit. He begins by stating that Dave was hired in 2006 as Editor-in-Chief of the website and for the first year was instrumental in making it grow (This marks the point where the truth ends and the bullshit gets so deep you need hip boots). He continues by stating that during this last year (2008) Dave was too mired in the prepping of his athletes for competition and the launching of his supplement line (Species) to focus on MD. Concomitantly, by Dave hiring me to help promote Species, Blechman accused me of compromising my duties as Senior Editor of MD magazine. Hence, the paradox created by running the MD website and a supplement company proved fatal to our ongoing relationship with MD.
These two statements mentioned above are so freighted with bullshit I don’t know where to begin. Let’s start with Dave. During the last year, MD.com posted its greatest growth ever. We covered over 100 shows for the NPC and IFBB, complete with…….
Click here to visit the RXmuscle site and continue reading the article which only gets more scathing. It is well worth a read.