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Dan Gross: Larry Platt quits Philadelphia magazine after 8 years | Philadelphia Daily News | 06/26/2010

Philadelphia magazine on Thursday parted ways with editor Larry Platt, who was at its helm for nearly eight years.

Platt's contract with the magazine is up in August, but after returning to work Thursday following shoulder surgery, he was informed that he would not stay on, we're told.

Sources tell us the decision was largely due to Platt's history of inappropriate and unprofessional remarks and jokes to his employees that closely resembled the behavior of fictional "The Office" boss Michael Scott.

Platt's recent gift of a framed photo of a cyst removed from his testicle to a departing female staffer was one of the examples that led to the decision of Herbert and David Lipson - chairman and president of Metrocorp, which owns the magazine - to relieve him of his duties.

 

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