What I wouldn't mind seeing if it happened my way: Names, areas of responsibility, and years with Gannett. I'm mostly interested in those at the Corporate Tower.Of course, I'm referring to this: Today, the board of directors named longtime Gannett executive Robert Dickey (left) as the new president of the newspaper division, re-branded as U.S. Community Publishing. That puts him snugly in the executive suite at McLean, Va. -- and queued up as a likely successor to Chairman and CEO Craig Dubow.
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The Shirt-tale
Now, we might as well get this out of the way. It's that name: Dickey. Big, big problem for your's truly when it comes to writing posts and heds. (Exhibit A, above.) I'm sure he suffered cruel needling as a kid. But it's really hard to blog when Dickey keeps popping up. (OMG!!! See what I mean?!)
But now, seriously: No jokes, comments or criticisms that play off the guy's last name. It's boring already -- and it hasn't even started. I'd like to avoid spiking a lot of otherwise good comments.
Why does the subhed say "The Shirt-tale?" I worked on the copy desk at The Pine Bluff Commercial in 1985-87. The slot man would sometimes fill a hole at the bottom of a column with a two- or three-graph wire story. He'd ask me to write maybe a 14-point hed, and then we'd "shirt tale'' it to the bottom of the story. Has anyone else ever heard this term around the desk?
ReplyDeleteI heard it while stringing for the NYT in the 1970s. I wrote a few too.
ReplyDeleteDoes Dickey see softening in the US Community Newspapers? I am uncertain why Bob would be promoted when his own business was shrinking!
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