Aubrey McClendon is out at Chesapeake. Here’s the farewell email he sent to employees.

Here's a little bit of breaking news. Chesapeake Energy has announced that the Company's founder and embattled CEO Aubrey McClendon is leaving the company on April 1.

I received a Facebook message from a Mole at 3:45pm informing me that Aubrey was "fired" and a release was being issued at 4:00, but before I could check and/or verify it, Chesapeake issued a release stating that Aubrey was "retiring." Yeah, "retiring."