Dee Karl: Mike Sillinger Leaves a Big Hole to Fill

The media advisory hit my desk at 12:02 pm. By 12:04 pm, the info on the conference call had been Tweeted five times. By 12:27 pm, Leafs Lunch announced that Mike Sillinger would be announcing his retirement later in the afternoon. B y 1 pm, there were at least 20 blog posts on the event that had not happened yet. Yes, this is the brave new world of social media. We are informed of things t...