(Fortune Magazine) — It’s been a rough five months for Brian Tierney, CEO of the private company that bought the Philadelphia Inquirer in June. His employees are up in arms. Ad revenues are evaporating fast. And if that wasn’t bad enough, Tierney is getting grief from his family.

He recently took a call from his older brother, who jokingly told him that his employees were going to burn him in effigy in front of the Inquirer building. Would Tierney mind if he went? “Nothing like having a funny brother who’s an investor,” grumbles the fledgling newspaper publisher.

Oh, we kid. But this is actually a great primer for anyone out there cramming to understand how Choochy Face went from prince to perp in less than 5 minutes.
Fortune: Nobody Loves You When You’re Down And Out
Previously: The Brian Tierney Pentagram Of DOOM!

This entry was posted on Monday, November 13th, 2006 at 2:41 pm.