Ken Alexander, the colourful, chain-smoking and tempestuous co-founder and editor of award-bedecked Walrus Magazine, resigned Tuesday.
In an e-mail to staff, Alexander, in his late 40s, said he had decided “to move on to new challenges” and would leave the magazine July 4, after the September issue closed.
He said he had submitted a formal letter of resignation June 5, and “it has just been accepted by the board of The Walrus Foundation and by Shelley” (Ambrose, the magazine's publisher). ...
Denying that his resignation was in any way solicited by the board, Alexander called the Walrus, “the best game in town, a tremendous amount of work as long as you keep in mind that the readers own the magazine. We are very fortunate to have an incredibly sophisticated and engaged readership.”
(Thanks, Mungo)