Well, this should come as a shock to … absolutely no one:
NEW YORK (AP) — Former employees of top editor for the National Enquirer, Us Weekly and other major gossip publications say he openly described his sexual partners in the newsroom, discussed female employees' sex lives and forced women to watch or listen to pornographic material.
— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) December 5, 2017
MORE: 12 former employees told AP the behavior by Dylan Howard, currently the chief content officer of American Media Inc., occurred while he was running the company's Los Angeles office. Howard's alleged conduct led to an internal inquiry in 2012 by an outside consultant.
— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) December 5, 2017
AP's full exclusive on allegations against top gossip editor Dylan Howard. https://t.co/NZLm1mAjZl
— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) December 5, 2017
Some of Howard’s alleged greatest hits, from the AP:
“The behavior that Dylan displayed and the way he was and the way the company dealt with it — I just think that it has to be made public because it’s completely unacceptable,” said Maxine “Max” Page, a former senior editor at RadarOnline. She complained to the human resources department about Howard’s behavior on behalf of two female reporters.
Howard made inappropriate comments to and about one of those women, Page and six other ex-employees said. Howard told employees in the newsroom he wanted to create a Facebook account on behalf of the woman’s vagina, commented on her sex life and forced her and other female employees to either watch or listen to graphic recordings of sex involving celebrities despite there being no professional rationale for doing so, they said.
A former senior editor recalled Howard wrongly claimed during a newsroom meeting that the woman had had sex with a journalism source and praised her for it, saying she needed to “do what you need” to get a story.
Well, gosh.
No way, dude. https://t.co/UQSWuY8yyf
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) December 5, 2017
— Scott Candage (@ScottCandage) December 5, 2017
Dear God, not the Enquirer. It has been a beacon of righteousness for so long. Hard to believe. Maybe Elvis and the aliens can right the ship.
— Craig Boyce (@MrCB_radio) December 5, 2017
One can only hope.
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