Automobile Magazine Fires Editor-in-Chief, Closes Ann Arbor Office

Automobile magazine has shut down its office in Ann Arbor, Mich., fired President and Editor-in-Chief Jean Jennings and released at least half the magazine's staff, according to media reports.

The Enthusiast Network, which owns the magazine along with Motor Trend and Hot Rod, reportedly is reassigning remaining Automobile employees to the company's advertising office in Royal Oak, Mich., and to its Los Angeles headquarters.

Jennings tells Jalopnik.com that Automobile deputy editor Joe DeMatio will remain with the publication, and Mike Floyd, Motor Trend's senor digital content director, will take over as editor-in-chief.