Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Part 2 | Wednesday's Layoff News & Comments

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  1. Jim7/08/2009 5:24 PM

    This is Part 2 of today's Real Time Comments. Please go here for Part 1.

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  2. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:24 PM

    tweet from tom callinan in cincy re: CIN weekly: @callinan Need to clarify: CiN in print and online will continue with Metromix as dominant brand. That does not lessen the sadness of layoffs.

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  3. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:24 PM

    From Florida Today

    All,

    I know there has been great concern and angst about layoffs. We completed our staff reductions this afternoon with 11 employee layoffs, and another 12 positions that have been open or recently unfilled, for a total of 23 positions eliminated. These were all valued co-workers who have made significant contributions to our company.

    As I mentioned last week, we worked to minimize the number of layoffs. This has been possible due to the many various expense savings that have been implemented. Most recently, we consolidated Monday’s paper into 3 sections, eliminated the daily TV Grids, as well as a number of other changes to our products. And even though any product changes we make are not easy for our readers or us, they need to be done to compensate for impacts of the economy on our business.

    Going forward we will need to continue to look for other expense savings and operational efficiencies. If you have any ideas or suggestions to improve our overall business, please don’t hesitate to drop me a note.

    I again want to reiterate my appreciation for your flexibility and cooperation as we adjust the size of our organization.

    Regards,


    Mark Mikolajczyk
    President and Publisher

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  4. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:25 PM

    5-6 more in Lansing from Circ. and biz.

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  5. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:29 PM

    someone seriously needs to tell Callinan to stop wasting time on fb/twitter. he's yapping on fb about ppl resigning with dignity, when the Cin staff said he barely acknowledged them!

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  6. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:30 PM

    Wilmington, Delaware:

    2 copy editors
    1 metromix
    1 retail sales manager

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  7. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:33 PM

    3 let go today in Staunton, 2 more tomorrow.

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  8. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:36 PM

    Here is the e-mail we just received in Lansing...


    Colleagues,



    Today, the Michigan Newspaper Group announced initiatives aimed at creating efficiencies in our delivery service and regionalizing our approach to circulation sales.



    Jody Hook, formerly the regional production director, has been named regional operations director and will direct circulation operations for all three sites. In her new role, Jody will help streamline delivery and transportation systems for home delivery and customer service. Jody will report to me. Under Jody’s direction, Linda Argue, Lansing’s Circulation Operations Manager, will oversee operations at all three sites. Merrie Shina, circulation operations manager in Battle Creek, and Sheri Guske, circulation operations manager in Port Huron, will report directly to Linda with dotted lines to their respective publisher and general manager.


    Also effective today, the Michigan Newspaper Group joins the newly created Regional Sales and Retention Hub under the direction of Mike Huot, vice president of circulation for the Interstate Group. Leading the effort in Michigan is Regional Sales manager Ramon Brown, who will report directly to me, with dotted lines to Huot, the publisher in Port Huron and the general manager in Battle Creek. Single copy supervisors Danielle Luther in Port Huron and Leslie Fry in Battle Creek will report to Ramon, with dotted lines to their respective publisher and general manager.


    Consolidating these operations allows us to identify efficiencies in our operations while we focus more strategically on improving circulation numbers in both home delivery and single copy customers.



    Unfortunately these changes include reductions in work force at all three Michigan newspapers. As always, these are very difficult decisions. These employees have contributed to our successes over the years. We are grateful for their service and wish them well. If you have any questions regarding these changes, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly.



    Brian

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  9. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:36 PM

    Looked at Callinan's Twitter page. If you include the other thread about his behavior today and his anti-Palin/pro Franken comments, he's a real jerk.

    It's those like him that made this day possible.

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  10. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:37 PM

    It's troubling to see the same reporters and editors who refuse to learn new skills staying - even as those staffers who went the extra mile for digital efforts are sent packing.

    This company continues to reward the overpaid whiners who've gotten a raise for merely showing up year after year. A whole staff of young journalists was let go in Cincy - and god knows where else - and for what? So a bunch of people in their 50s can continue to sink the efforts to move past print?

    All of you complaining about ageism are right - but not in the way you think.

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  11. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:37 PM

    Just lost an editor. She is the first of at least around 20 at the AZ Republic.

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  12. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:44 PM

    Mark Mikolajczyk
    president and publisher in Florida, needs a copy editor. "We completed our staff reductions this afternoon with 11 employee layoffs, and ANOTHER 12 positions that have been open or recently unfilled ... (and AN ADDITIONAL 12 positions...) using the word "another" would refer to the same number of positions, 11.

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  13. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:46 PM

    Any names yet to report at the Republic?

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  14. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:47 PM

    Things are beginning to happen in WI. Publishers, editors, managers...more to come tomorrow as the "restructure" continues!

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  15. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:48 PM

    Staunton is one in composing, one classified rep and the retail ad manager, with two more coming tomorrow.

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  16. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:50 PM

    Which editor at the Republic?

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  17. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:53 PM

    Things are beginning to happen in WI. Publishers, editors, managers...more to come tomorrow as the "restructure" continues!

    7/08/2009 5:47 PM

    _________________________

    Some of us former WI workers really could use the breakdown of the positions and numbers by site.

    Not just "east" or "central".

    I for one am keeping tabs.

    Verification word: crate as in crate up your belongings...

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  18. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:54 PM

    Most of the Wisconsin sites announced today that their publishers and executive editors will be consolidated into one "GM/editor" role. Everyone except Oshkosh, Appleton and Green Bay. Lots of shifting around.

    No word yet on if and when more cuts will come.

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  19. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:54 PM

    A parttime A section editor. Looks like Republic may be getting rid of the few remaining PT positions.

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  20. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:55 PM

    Any word on momslikeme staff anywhere? All safe?

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  21. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:58 PM

    Is Wisconsin Central Group going to consolidate everything up to Wausau now?

    Make a single Central Daily for the Southern 3 papers just like for the Sunday?

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  22. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:59 PM

    How have we not heard anything definitive regarding severance terms yet?!!?

    Post it if you KNOW it.

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  23. Anonymous7/08/2009 5:59 PM

    Are others hearing the 62 number for Wilmington? any word on which departments?

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  24. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:00 PM

    Phx lost a director of sales (digital)

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  25. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:01 PM

    Phx digi director of sales?Jablonski?

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  26. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:02 PM

    Most of the Wisconsin sites announced today that their publishers and executive editors will be consolidated into one "GM/editor" role. Everyone except Oshkosh, Appleton and Green Bay. Lots of shifting around.

    No word yet on if and when more cuts will come.

    ___________________

    Got a memo to share about this?

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  27. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:02 PM

    I work in corporate at another media company. I’ve been reading GB to see what we should NOT do as we cope with layoffs and cutbacks. Let me offer guidance from the mgt side:

    --OF COURSE your mgt is waiting out GB’s end before massive layoffs. Since the 4500 rumor was so prevalent, “only” 1400 seems smart, especially to wall st. They will hold out on the initial 1400 as long as possible, then trickle out the rest over the summer when people aren’t paying attention.

    --Asking Jim to play chicken with mgt over the GB end date is fruitless. They don’t care about letting you sweat a little longer. You need to find new, high-visibility vehicles to keep this story alive and feed these vehicles with information. That means:

    a) Jim should add a large, bold box at the top of GB the day it closes with a clickthrough to gannettoid forum. Make it easy on outsiders following this to find updates.

    b) All of you need to proactively send info to influential media that cover our industry and particularly those with IR impact: NY Times, MediaBistro, Gawker, NY Observer, Bloomberg, Poynter, Paid Content, WS Journal, etc. These outlets are short-staffed too so don’t expect them to “discover” your news. ID the best recipients and communicate with them frequently and accurately.

    --Skip the union idea. Many unions are caving to mgt demands to change existing contracts. Some contracts have been expired for a year or longer with no effort to renegotiate them. I think there are Wash Post staff working without a contract for 4 years. Also remember that unions survive on dues so they care about companies and industries where they can retain the most bodies. Newspapers don’t offer much. I’d be cautious about any union that’s actively pitching you.

    --You might consider class action suits (for those over 40, minority and/or with health issues) as well as an EEO complaint. Companies that are clumsy in handling layoffs are getting hit with these and the charges have teeth. There’s lots of talk about one DC-based media company that's coping with both along with a larger EEO investigation into their hiring practices overall. And let the media industry media know.

    --Finally, put mgt to work for you. I see your COO will hold an employee conf call after the financial presentation next week. Virtually every other media company is keeping employees abreast of potential cuts, as painful as that information might be, and holding all-staff meetings immediately afterwards to address why decisions were made and what it all means moving ahead. If that meeting next week will be the first time they’re addressing these current cuts with you and it's after a financial pitch, that’s a disgrace. You’ve got a new pr person, so send him/her lots of e-mails VERY strongly encouraging that the staff conf call get moved earlier, no later than this Friday or next Monday. It’s Employee Relations 101: You have a right to get information about your situation ahead of the investment community and particularly after a major round of layoffs. This is also an opportunity to give yourselves more authority with a new pr person – set up a new way of doing business with that department.

    The hardest part about all this is committing the time, effort and care. It takes diligence to send details and updates to media, to follow up on things internally, to meet with attorneys to handle the class action suit and recruit people to join it. But silence not only gets you nowhere, it lets your leadership get away with murder.

    Good luck to you all. Know that there are countless colleagues of yours in the media business, in both management and staff positions, thinking good thoughts on your behalf.

    Corporate Mensch

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  28. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:02 PM

    5:55 - Louisville CJ lost their Moms manager.

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  29. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:02 PM

    62 can't be right for Wilmington. Plus, it already started today. 62 would be A LOT more than the other waves.

    I heard the severance was 1 week per year like last time with a new way of getting the $$. Too confusing to understand right now.

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  30. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:08 PM

    I don't understand the motive for downplaying how many are going to be laid off. The more they lay off, the more Wall Street is going to like it, correct?

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  31. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:11 PM

    Not when it looks like flailing.

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  32. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:11 PM

    Corporate Mensch says: "Finally, put mgt to work for you." Sorry, management are the very folks who paid the people they are laying off to sniff out corporate bull crap. Now they are force feeding it by the platter and telling them it doesn't sink and taste bad. The days of working with management are gone.

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  33. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:13 PM

    I am a former reporter who is now a PR professional. That is great advice above from Corporate Mensch at 6:02. I want to see if the rat who keeps coming on here to say that corporate hasn't considered Gannett Blog in planning its layoffs will raise his slimy, lying head again in response to the truths that Corporate Mensch has posted.

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  34. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:14 PM

    OMG... Lansing - you have a long way to go if Jody Hook is the new "regional operations manager" - are you effin' kidding me? She is nothing but trash with a Gannett ring. Its poor upper management decisions like these that have put Gannett in the hole. Just goes to show its all about who you know - not what you know. Jody - good thing you are in good with the Pub, controller and HR director at LSJ, or you wouldn't have a pot to piss in - cause nobody in your department thinks you are worth a bent nickle. I'm sure you'll be busy listing names of those in your wake that you want to get rid of. Any one under Jody should grab their hard hat. Cause you're next.

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  35. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:14 PM

    Names, people, names!

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  36. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:15 PM

    6:02

    If you are indeed what you say you are, you must also know that EEOC age discrimination only exists when your individual job is filled by a new hire who is either outside of the protected age bracket or markedly younger than you.

    It is not discrimination if someone younger *who is already employed by the company* picks up your job responsibilities through a restructuring.

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  37. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:16 PM

    5:37, the numbers don't support your theory that the young techies are the targets. Company-wide, those over 40 make up the bulk of the layoffs. Those over 50 are particularly vulnerable in certain places. And BTW, I am over 50 and have a lot of technical ability and have learned many new tasks over the years. I have also helped build the property where I work, which is more than I can say for some newcomers.

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  38. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:18 PM

    JIM, ARE YOU THERE???

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  39. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:19 PM

    Here's the Enquirer story on the death of CIN and rise of Metromix...

    CiN Weekly becomes Metromix

    By Enquirer Media

    Beginning with the July 15, 2009 edition, CiN Weekly will be Metromix – the premier printed snapshot of all things entertainment that younger adults need to plan their free time.

    With content catering to the interests and lifestyles of 25-39 year old adults from various Enquirer Media outlets including http://www.Metromix.com">Metromix.com, http://www.Cincinnati.Com"> Cincinnati.Com, and The Enquirer – it will continue to provide the comprehensive listings, how-tos and best-bet vignettes centered around local dining, bars, music and events. Plus – who and what you need to know to volunteer, work and live better in Cincinnati.

    The Metromix brand was introduced to the Greater Cincinnati market on September 24, 2008 when http://www.cincinnati.metromix.com"> http://cincinnati.metromix.com/ launched its local site in association with Enquirer Media.

    From the hottest restaurants and bars to the latest in events, music, movies, style, and TV – Metromix online is the one-stop entertainment guide for socially active young-adults about where to go and what to do – who did what and where. Young adults can find new, intense and trendy experiences – along with the tools to share them with family, friends and colleagues here.

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  40. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:20 PM

    Isn't (no news) Torture ILLEGAL ? ? But hey what doesn't this company do that doesn't walk that fine line

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  41. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:21 PM

    What's up in Salisbury?

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  42. mr. whig7/08/2009 6:21 PM

    Cincinnati's alt weekly is watching but doesn't have any names yet, but at least one blogger says Peter Bronson, notorious right-wing loon, was let go.

    Never met a nicer group of people than the ones I worked with in Cincinnati, and I feel for those remaining.

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  43. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:26 PM

    Go to twitter and search #blackwednesday to get thoughts from those involved & let go in the Cincy layoffs. And chances are good tomorrow you will find even more info about Gannett people who are let go by searching #blackthursday.

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  44. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:27 PM

    Heard at medium-sized paper that they waited until the afternoon news meeting to tell people that the layoffs were going to come on Thursday. Oh, and then top brass complained that managers should have kept their staffs focused on their work rather than be discussing the layoffs.

    I wonder if the EE realizes how many people think he's worthless - both in and outside the newsroom - and that everyone knows he's only trying to cover his own behind. I would never trust the man again.

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  45. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:27 PM

    Peter Bronson was pretty cool when he was in Arizona. Sorry to hear he was let go.

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  46. Jim7/08/2009 6:32 PM

    6:18 pm: Yes, I'm here. What, specifically, can I do, for you?

    Separately, can anyone say how many jobs were cut in the Michigan Newspaper Group. The publisher's (?) memo doesn't say. It's signed by someone named "Brian." The poster says the note was received in Lansing.

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  47. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:34 PM

    2 from Green Bay(Wisconsin Group)today. Prepress Director and Classified Sales Center Director

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  48. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:36 PM

    Peter Bronson was pretty much the only thing that kept Republican subscribers to the Cincy Enquirer.

    Prepare for a avalanche of cancellations in the next several weeks.

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  49. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:41 PM

    This just in -- not one middle-management position was lost at Florida Today. What's that tell you?

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  50. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:43 PM

    Cincinnati: Newsache has come out of retirement to offer a thread.

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  51. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:43 PM

    Callinan's apparent survival in Cincinnati is proof that Gannett isn't serious about cutting the dead weight out of the organization. This would have been the perfect time to heave TC out once and for all and replace him with Michael Perry. But, noooo, a lifetime of kissing ass ensures lifetime employment in Gannett. At least for the ones who really do it well.

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  52. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:44 PM

    Jim, the note about Michigan came from Brian Priester, president of the Michigan Group and publisher in Lansing.

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  53. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:44 PM

    Jim... might be good that the blog shuts Friday... the way that these jobs are being bled out will be very difficult to track.

    I'd have to agree with the earlier post that it feels like it's going to be a lot more than 1,400.

    Do you think that the strategy is to make this very confusing so that no one really knows how many people are left when it's all said and done?

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  54. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:46 PM

    hows the layoff situation
    at the courier post?

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  55. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:47 PM

    Brian is the Publisher, Brian Priester. It sounds like at least 5 today with more to come tomorrow in other depts.

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  56. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:47 PM

    At least three in Indy: top features editor, a top metro editor, features design director.

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  57. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:49 PM

    Sounds like Gracia is going to be making big announcements 7/15. I have never before seen them tell the staff to tune in to the quarterly report. Makes it easier if Gracia makes the announcements, rather than the local publishers.
    My bet is that Newsquest is put up for sale and closed if no one wants it. Ditto Honu.

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  58. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:51 PM

    Jim, I suspect strongly that the total number in the Michigan group won't be revealed until tomorrow or perhaps even later - as I think they will likely lay off more tomorrow (at least at LSJ) specifically in a two-day massacre. Everyone I have talked with said tomorrow were the cuts - not today - so as the axe started winding up on the blog about Lansing, I was surprised. As of today only 2 departments were impacted. That makes very little sense. All departments are involved from what I understand.

    Also, as Jody Hook overtakes a regional operations role, she will be in charge of "streamlining". Sorry gang, but you know what that infamous word really means; more cuts. I'm sure to come at a much later time and at her sole discretion. Speculation on my part, but is certainly logical in the current scenario.

    Can we get anyone in Lansing to confirm or deny?

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  59. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:51 PM

    OK, I'll ask again (and, for the record, I'm very anti-mgt): What motive do they have for lowballing the number of people let go? The more they get rid of, the more the financial analysts and stock pickers will like it, improving the chances that the stock might go up a few pennies. I'm certainly willing to see sort of nefarious reason for being misleading about the number, but someone will have to explain it to me.

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  60. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:53 PM

    I think it's funny that Jim said "someone named Brian".... pfffft!!!
    Oh snap - he's the pub!!! :)

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  61. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:54 PM

    Well I, for one, think it's swell that they're inviting us peons to listen in to an audiocast. What would make it even sweller is if they ever bought sound cards for our computer so we could hear it. But that's OK! If we have questions, we can ask our IT folk. I mean, whoever is left in our IT department after today. Thanks!

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  62. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:54 PM

    Have heard two names in Lansing: Regional circulation director Diana Kennedy and business office controller Mike Wieber.

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  63. Jim7/08/2009 6:55 PM

    6:44 pm: I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

    Left to its own devices, Corporate will make sure the final layoff and job cut figures are never known. If you all had not come to this blog over the past nearly two years, and posted paper-by-paper figures on previous job reductions, the world would never know there had been a mass layoff in the first place -- much less the final tally.

    Corporate wants this all kept a secret. They always will.

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  64. Anonymous7/08/2009 6:58 PM

    6:46 - not a peep at the courier post to employees though some tours of the facilities were presented by OC members to some summercamper kids

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  65. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:00 PM

    6:54 PM Thank you from what's left of I.T. BTW, I tried to order sound cards for the computers -- management said that $20 additional was too much to spend.

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  66. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:00 PM

    @6:54 - Ha Ha!...sound cards. I'd have to come home to listen to the audiocast because my work computer couldn't handle it. I'm assuming that I will, in fact, be home that day.

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  67. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:01 PM

    When did the Indy layoffs happen? I just left....

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  68. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:02 PM

    I'm in Lansing - only the Circ Director seems to have been laid off before 5 p.m., the other 4 or 5 others after 5. I'm afraid to see who is gone in business tomorrow, so many good friends and co-workers there...

    Too bad we couldn't vote the slackers/jody hooks of our world 'off the island'! Then the real slackers/dead weight would go and the gold stars would remain.

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  69. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:04 PM

    Iowa City:
    -laid off a photographer, moved a copy editor to a reporter job, demoted the night editor to copy editor, demoted photo editor to photgrapher, some people in circulation and marketing are gone, promoted marketing dude to be general manager.

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  70. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:06 PM

    Are these moves still happening at papers, or are we just hearing late reports? It seems a little late for some papers to still be laying people off today. Or did they wait until people put in a full day, then dropped the ax? I guess if you are a night crew member, it's still early.

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  71. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:07 PM

    Sounds like the did the job in Iowa City today and will head back to Des Moines to throw the axe down at the Register tomorrow. Everyone's on pins and needles and no one seems to know anything. Can anyone shed any light on where the cuts might fall there based on trend?

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  72. Jim7/08/2009 7:07 PM

    6:51 pm: I don't think Corporate has a plan to low-ball the job figure given to Wall Street, because it will be giving an estimate of what investors actually want: total expected dollar savings, once one-time severance and other related costs are deducted.

    Telling Wall Street on July 15 that the company has cut X full-time equivalent jobs (FTE) is meaningless, without a dollar figure attached. So, Martore will tell analysts, in that second-quarter conference call, her best guess about dollars. She may offer an FTE number, too, but I would think that will be secondary in terms of concerns.

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  73. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:10 PM

    Lansing cut 5 in circ including the director. 2 in business including the controller. Still more in circ to come and News cuts will come tomorrow.

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  74. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:12 PM

    Layoffs at Indy? Isn't GCI Corporate Accounting shifting over to Indy?

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  75. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:17 PM

    You know, it's odd, but they've been advertising those accounting jobs on careerbuilder for about six months. They keep reposting the same positions. Not sure what's happening there. Anyway, I'm guessing no accountants will be laid off in Indy, just the people who get the paper out the door.

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  76. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:19 PM

    What about Corporate? The Newspaper Division staff? The bloated Marketing and Advertising staffs under Michelle Krans? The bloated executive staff that consists of Michelle and Evan? Has this privileged group been touched? Will they be?

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  77. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:23 PM

    What's going on at the APP?

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  78. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:23 PM

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  79. MyBoss7/08/2009 7:27 PM

    1. USA Live will be shut down
    2. Tara Connell on vacation this week. She is leaving it up to the new corp comm chief to deal with this mess.
    3. Rumor that a senior executive is leaving Gannett and might be related to Martore's company webcast next week.

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  80. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:32 PM

    They're advertising on careerbuilder.com so there are some jobs to look at on the site. I doubt these position really exist.

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  81. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:32 PM

    Hey does anyone know if Michael Maness has been fired yet? Apparently there are some protected FOG's (friends of Gracia).

    Doesn't Gracia Martore realize that the Ember Project is a total hoax. I do not know how Maness keeps his job.

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  82. Anonymous7/08/2009 7:33 PM

    7:19 writes about bloated staff in Corporate Newspapers.

    There's plenty of ass kissing, "privileged," bloated staff hanging around other departments of GCI at Crystal Palace spending their time on everything but work.

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