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fire someone
This assumes someone CAN be fired...
My limited amount of research into InMediaRes/Catalyst shows me that there is very few people in the company as a whole, and many of them are shareholders/limited partners.
Meaning, actual employees numbers are small. And this is supported by their use of freelancers for most of the artwork and writing.
Catalyst's assets are also small, and the fact that they are dealing with a licensed material places them in a hard spot, as a portion of revenue must go back to the license holders (in some cases, as high as 75%. Although I have no idea what Catalyst's agreement states).
In short, its easy to say shit without knowing anything, and once you know something, then suddenly options dry up.
It could be a very real case of being between a Rock and a Hard Place for catalyst.... And given how many studios that publish PnP material have turned to dust in the last few decades..... very hard for Catalyst to just 'hire' someone..... or even 'fire someone'....