Former Houston Chronicle fashion guy Clifford Pugh lands new gig

Banjo Jones reports on a Houston Chronicle employee who was one of many who recently exited the newspaper:

Of the recent casualties in the recent 27 percent purging of the Houston Chronicle newsroom, one of the biggest shockers was the axing of the newspaper's style critic, Clifford Pugh.

But the veteran scribe won't be on the mat for long.

The Examiner newspaper group, which produces weekly freebie papers in River Oaks, West University, Memorial and Bellaire, has hired Pugh as its newest columnist. READ THE REST

Here is the Pugh announcement from the Examiner Papers.  Here is his first article.

Rich Connelly of the Houston Press thought Pugh's departure was the most surprising of all. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here