Power ratings inventor Lewis Samuels has been sacked from Surfline because of his blog site postsurf.com. It’s a sorry state of affairs when a journalist can’t say what he feels. Even if he did say his employer ‘licks advertiser’s balls’.

According to Lewis’ blog:

“The word came down from the higher-ups at Surfline that my signed contract for 2009 was no longer being honored. They specifically cited two incidents that led to my termination.

1) My Transworld post, in which I mocked one of their competitors for catering to advertisers, but in fairness noted “I get paid to write for Surfline, a website that also licks advertisers’ balls, part of the machine.”

2) The “Corporate Rage” post, in which I mused that in light of recent incidents like the AIG scandal, “perhaps this is the wrong time for any CEO to publicize 100 Tavarua tubes.”

Check out his blog, it’s epic. I’m sure this guy will land on his feet. If you’ve got any spare writing work or even just some extra bills then send them his way.

Good luck Lewis.