Veronica Mars' Boss: "Very, Very, Very Sad Day"

Kristen Bell by Michael Desmond/The CW
I forwarded
Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas the comments Dawn Ostroff made at the CW upfront (read 'em in my
live blog) regarding the show's fate, and below is the response he just sent me:
"No one has talked to me about a new, non-Veronica project. All my writers have been offered jobs elsewhere, and I believe they will now all accept these jobs. Very, very, very sad day around the
VM offices.
"I assume that anything Dawn would be talking about in the realm of a Rob-Kristen project would involve a new from-scratch pilot as they don't have me in a deal, and they'll lose Kristen in a couple of weeks."
Bottom line: It's over.
First
Gilmore Girls and now this. Simply depressing. Who's giving out hugs?