First, Vivian Schiller got her walking papers  from NPR's board.  Now Ron Schiller, who resigned effective immediately from his position at NPR yesterday in the wake of the undercover sting video, won't get his position at the Aspen Institute after all.

It's hard out there for a Schiller today, as Jim Romanesko reports (via Katrina Trinko):

Aspen Institute communications director Jim Spiegelman says in an e-mail: "Ron Schiller has informed us that, in light of the controversy surrounding his recent statements, he does not feel that it's in the best interests of the Aspen Institute for him to come work here."

It had been suggested by Dave Weigel and others that Schiller actually represented what organizations want in a rainmaker - the ability to pander to anyone willing to write big checks.  Apparently, the Aspen Institute disagrees, or at the very least wasn't impressed enough to talk Schiller out of resigning before he even got started with them.