Did or didn't Rodger Jacobs quit his editorial post at New Rave? Depends who you talk to. Yoram Dohan, the publisher of New Rave says, no. Rodger Jacobs, its editor, says yes.
Luke Ford ran a story on his site [Feb. 26] stating that Jacobs resigned. Ford quoted Jacobs as saying, "The money simply isn't there to hold my interest any longer."
Luke Ford's recent conversations with New Rave Publisher Yoram Dohan may have had a very direct bearing on editor Rodger Jacobs' decision to leave the magazine.
Story on the street was that Ford inquired about the job and was offered an opportunity to "audition" for it by doing a write up of New Rave's party last week. Jacobs was supposed to have gotten wind of the fact that Ford was getting paid more for that one assignment than Jacobs would make the entire month [$350] for putting the mag together. Jacobs supposedly left in a huff.
Ford: "That's about 50% true. I went to New Rave to get a pass to their party. I had no intention of writing for them. Then Yoram hit me up and asked if I wanted to write for them. I said, 'yeah, but you have to pay me.' I knew what Roger was making."
Ford says he was contacted by Dohan earlier this week asking Ford if he'd like to write a feature article for the magazine. [Dohan and Ford are also supposed to meet on the matter of Ford taking over the book.] Ford says he'd be interested in taking the editorial assignment provided that he get compensated for what he'd have to give up with his website. Ford says he was told by Dohan he'd be given twice that.
Ford: "I relayed that to Rodger who's a friend of mine. I always like to make him feel good."
When contacted, Dohan said the Luke Ford website story about Jacobs quitting New Rave was "bullshit." "Consider the source," said Dohan who said Jacobs was still employed at New Rave.
Jacobs finds this very amusing. "He [Yoram] doesn't understand what the word 'resignation' means," says Jacobs. "I gave it to him in writing." Jacobs says Dohan is operating under the premise that Jacobs was blowing off steam but says he's "serious as a heart attack" about leaving the mag.
'He [Dohan] promised me a raise. I called him on it," says Jacobs.
