I'm asking that question so everyone can better visualize the size range of Gannett's 85 U.S. newspapers, including USA Today, and in the U.K., its 17 Newsquest dailies. Plus, I'll repeat the question on Monday, the week's thinnest-edition day.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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To repeat, your newspaper today had:
ReplyDelete* How many sections?
* How many pages?
USAT: 40 pages, four sections, one insert. What's the purpose of this information?
ReplyDeleteAsbury Park Press (N.J.)
ReplyDelete4 Sections: (front-section A: state/region, nation, music, obits, business, opinion. Section B: local, features, comics/puzzles/advice/entertaintment. Section C: sports Section D: classifieds.
Section A - 16 pages
Section B - 10 pages
Section C - 6 pages
Section D - 14 pages
The APP recently shrunk its size and decreased pages within the past month. Fortunately(sic), the Press has kept up with their quality "journalism" including a centerpiece declaring, "ARTIC AIR: Coldest temperatures of winter may bring a dusting of snow and smiles to the faces of area ice boaters)
Ugh.
Greenville-3 Sections (A, Sports, and yes, Lifestyle) with 32 pages. And not a mention of the 'furlough' for our employees. At least we'll be 'working' for a few more months....
ReplyDeleteLouisville Courier-Journal: four sections, 32 pages (includes classifieds)
ReplyDeleteNo Gannett newspaper in Dallas.
ReplyDeleteBut in my Dallas Morning News this morning there were six sections and 56 pages.
[Two six-page classified sections.]
Is this good or bad?
Montgomery Advertiser.
ReplyDelete4 sections
32 pages
DMN has 68 pages today!
ReplyDeleteMental vaporlock, sorry.
Six sections, 68 pages ...
FORT COLLINS:
ReplyDelete5 Sections, Total page count 28.
Thursday's also has a Tab pull-out - 24 pgs.
Cincinnati
ReplyDeleteFour sections, 34 pages plus 16-page tab zoned edition.
Indianapolis Star - 4 sections plus a 32-page zoned tab. Fairly hefty, good to see
ReplyDeleteA section = 18 pages (front, business, editorial)
B section=6 pages (metro)
C section=8 pages (sports)
D section=12 pages (classified/features)
You need to do a Monday survey to get a complete picture.
Wilmington:
ReplyDelete4 sections
38 pages
this week:
ReplyDeleteMonday: 1 8
Tuesday: 1 8
Wednesday: 2 12
The Cincinnati Enquirer:
ReplyDelete--Four sections (including Classifieds).
--34 pages.
--Note: Included 14 columns of house ads, equal to two and a third pages.
No, The C-J in Louisville has five sections today, 38 pages total --
ReplyDeleteA section, Metro-B, Sports-C, Features-D and Classified-E.
In Honolulu this week we debuted our "super section." Local news, business and classifieds all rolled into one section. We lost a lot of news hole in the translation. So now we have A section, B supersection, C sports and D features.
ReplyDeleteCourier Post Cherry Hill NJ
ReplyDeleteSection A 8 pg
Section B 8 pg
Section C (Living, Style & Shop 6 pg
Section D Sports 8 pg
Classfied 6 pg
Tabs: My generation 12 page
Your health 12 pages
really useful info here ... not.
ReplyDeletewhat is the purpose of this exercise?
it's January, page counts are down.
it's a bad economy, page counts are down.
it's not just in Gannett where page counts are down, but it is a fact that's not going to change.
a better (more frightening) comparison would be to compare this year to last year or several years ago. regardless, it's going to show the same trend.
the other thing to compare / examine would be circulation numbers, both this year and last ...
or benefits costs ...
or Craig's compensation ... oops, I went too far ...
really, this does seem silly and a good waste of blog space ...
A better test - exercize - might be on a Monday or Tuesday. Some papers are down to just one section, 8 pages on those days! WOW!
ReplyDeleteJim,
ReplyDeleteI flew to Sacramento via Houston and was able to read the Bee and the Chronicle. They've shrunk like you wouldn't believe. No longer robust, they're about as thick as a Monday issue of the Longview (Wa.) Daily News or the Lewiston (Id.) Tribune or a 100 other newspapers with circulation under 40,000.
When I passed through Houston on Friday, the paper cost 75 cents and looked pitiful. On my return flight Tuesday morning, the Houston paper still looked pitiful, but the cost had risen to $1 per copy.
Today's Detroit News has 56 pages and six sections. The pages are divided thusly: 40 broadsheet pages and a 32-page entertainment guide tabloid.
ReplyDeleteAlso, here is the note about the furlough that Detroit Media Partnership President David Hunke sent to everyone at the News and Free Press:
From: Anders, Jeanette On Behalf Of Hunke, David
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:19 PM
To: DetroitFreePress-All; DetroitNewspaperPartnership-All
Subject: Gannett's Furlough Program
Importance: High
Most of you have probably seen or are aware of the announcement today from Craig Dubow that Gannett is implementing a furlough program whereby employees will be required to take unpaid leave for one week during the first quarter.
Because of the intense attention and focus required to implement our strategic plan and meet our March 30 deadline, Detroit will not be included in the furlough program at this time. We very much appreciate Gannett’s support as we move forward with our transformation model.
David L. Hunke
Publisher, Detroit Free Press
CEO, Detroit Media Partnership
313.222.8777
Monroe, La., News-Star:
ReplyDeleteJan. 15 edition
Four Sections and 28 pages.
It just hit me that the sports section is combined with a one-page business section on the very back - never seen that before.
Courier News, Bridgewater NJ:
ReplyDelete4 sections, 38 pages
A - 12 (local, state, obituaries, opinion, Daily Briefing)
B - 10 (features, home/garden, movies, business, religion, comics, TV)
C - 8 (sports)
D - 8 (classified, puzzles, legal notices)
A: Daily Briefing is the world/national page force-fed from McLean.
B: Business page has 5 grafs (no byline) on the furlough. Community News page has a bit of filler: briefs from Edison and Red Bank (towns beyond the C-N area) plus 2 large posed photos.
C: Includes 2 columns (bowling, running) and a canned piece. Looks excessive for a paper that now has early deadlines.
D: Legal notices take up 3 1/4 pages (sheriff's sales run today). There's also a 3/4-page house ad for Apartments.com after the legals.