Hold on to your butts. Last week, Going Concern was in the (presumably) capable hands of Adrienne Gonzalez while Caleb Newquist, the site's editor, was "in Virginia" on some kind of "school tour," whatever the hell that might be. Turns out Caleb/Colin was not in Virginia on a school tour. He was in Denver being investigated by the IRS and didn't think he'd have the time to populate Going Concern with mostly plagiarized drivel from real accounting media sites. It get'sgets better. Whatever he's being investigated for — I'm rooting for identity theft tax fraud — in the process, he implicated Adrienne. As a result, Sift Media, the parent company of Going Concern, has put them both on "emergency leave" while they straighten their shit out. Pretty sure that means they got fired while they straighten their shit out.
Staffing Changes at Going Concern (or Why Accounting Media Journalists Should Be Required to Take Ethics CPE)
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