tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post1059675009144369323..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: May 30-June 5 | Your News & Comments: Part 4Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11370826183741059492011-06-06T15:43:18.671-04:002011-06-06T15:43:18.671-04:003:39 That is correct, although it happened on Frid...3:39 That is correct, although it happened on Friday. I'm told that Apel and the publisher had been at odds for a while.<br /><br />Worth noting: Apel's duties included press and production. It was on his watch that Louisville's press failed on Kentucky Derby weekend 2010.<br /><br />It is true that some finance work is being consolidated. I do not know whether that extends to such Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18817855589471435562011-06-06T15:39:04.298-04:002011-06-06T15:39:04.298-04:00Chris Apel, vp of finance in louisville was just l...Chris Apel, vp of finance in louisville was just laid off. Word is finance functions are being consolidated in indianapolisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34075935824455028892011-06-03T23:28:02.886-04:002011-06-03T23:28:02.886-04:00This shift to digital is subtly sucking the econom...This shift to digital is subtly sucking the economic value out of everything in this company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18474608257507913392011-06-03T22:55:59.427-04:002011-06-03T22:55:59.427-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68846604480789131152011-06-03T22:27:22.320-04:002011-06-03T22:27:22.320-04:00How is it that I am seeing Groupon and Living Soci...How is it that I am seeing Groupon and Living Social ads on a Gannett blog site?! Sorry Gannet but the ship sailed long ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64851988551639125202011-06-03T22:21:34.132-04:002011-06-03T22:21:34.132-04:00The Blob strikes when it's least expected.The Blob strikes when it's least expected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82966447597011898622011-06-03T22:12:45.841-04:002011-06-03T22:12:45.841-04:00Anyone know anything about the mysterious departur...Anyone know anything about the mysterious departure of the VP of Finance & Operations in Louisville? Heard from someone that the bomb was dropped right before day end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-7601398354863663662011-06-03T22:10:52.357-04:002011-06-03T22:10:52.357-04:00What they should have done with Deal Chicken is es...What they should have done with Deal Chicken is establish it as a separate organization under corporate. That would have required investment, but if Deal Chicken is so great, they would know that quickly. Instead they look at the USA Today tradition, which was assembled with staff siphoned from the newspapers until it produced enough money to hire its own staff. But some of the subsidies from theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53337308079373830692011-06-03T22:00:45.758-04:002011-06-03T22:00:45.758-04:009:50 You see a similar reaction in at USA Today wh...9:50 You see a similar reaction in at USA Today where they are moving in marketing people to oversee news copy. News is truly a bottomless pit, and there is no real agreement over what it is. But it is clear what it isn't, and marketing people don't see it that way. They see news driving sales if only we concentrated on putting out stories that appeal to the 18-35 big spending age bracketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26103626773806903442011-06-03T21:50:04.957-04:002011-06-03T21:50:04.957-04:00The thing that I dislike most about this deal chic...The thing that I dislike most about this deal chicken initiative is that they are putting the digital reps against the retail/print reps. The retail reps have all of the contacts/accounts/relationships already and the digital folks are looked at as the enemy of the company because they are calling "their accounts" to sell deal chicken. So not only do the digital folks have to deal with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31629872030217948742011-06-03T21:37:54.900-04:002011-06-03T21:37:54.900-04:00Gulag? Not even. More like Devil's Island. Or ...Gulag? Not even. More like Devil's Island. Or Alcatraz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49884315516651611492011-06-03T21:21:28.519-04:002011-06-03T21:21:28.519-04:008:46 How did the Republic's advertising direct...8:46 How did the Republic's advertising director let this get started. Surely he understands sales and how they work.<br />I'm sure they presented this as just sending out e-mails, and responding to those who hit reply and e-mail back. But anyone with his head on knows that people do not respond to unsolicited commercial e-mails en masse. I never respond to e-mail solicitations, and just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66578645385230085112011-06-03T21:08:57.079-04:002011-06-03T21:08:57.079-04:006/03/2011 3:52 PM
9:42 Yes, the Republic looks th...6/03/2011 3:52 PM <br />9:42 Yes, the Republic looks thin on display ads. Are there no retail salesmen left? <br /><br />You must have not noticed the previous posts on this blog from Republic sales reps who noted they take long lunches, go shopping at the malls and leave early, with little concern for sales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3901242616325812422011-06-03T21:06:18.808-04:002011-06-03T21:06:18.808-04:008:46 I am with you, and I see this almost as a Pon...8:46 I am with you, and I see this almost as a Ponzi scheme. Brighter minds than me need to wake up at the Arizona Republic and realize that all this effort isn't producing much income, and salesmen see that and won't work there if they have to sell the Chicken. I have nothing to do with sales, but I what I know about it is a peculiar craft. If the salesman sees the prospect of a huge Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32988294182435219502011-06-03T20:46:31.400-04:002011-06-03T20:46:31.400-04:006/03/2011 12:49 PM
Plus, Deal Chicken has the exp...6/03/2011 12:49 PM <br />Plus, Deal Chicken has the expense of the person(s) that write the long creative descriptions on the Deal Chicken pages (yes, a direct rip off of the Groupon model). According to a NYTimes article Groupon pays roughly 400 people an average annual salary of $37,000. http://bit.ly/jKukQ8 <br /><br />Then there are expenses for producing and posting each deal online each Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69535413277390292292011-06-03T19:43:47.048-04:002011-06-03T19:43:47.048-04:00I repeat 6:51 ....... Gulag$? How insensitive to p...I repeat 6:51 ....... Gulag$? How insensitive to people that have truly suffered. What's next Nazi comments? Get real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36219742052939246482011-06-03T18:51:20.476-04:002011-06-03T18:51:20.476-04:00Whatever 6:18 (and 4:32 and 4:15 and all others &#...Whatever 6:18 (and 4:32 and 4:15 and all others 'piling on' here for no apparent reason): You didn't sit down and define terms for what this blog is for. You don't dictate who comes here for what. 5:23 and the other posters are just trying to help with an alternate perspective here for folks who -- judging from the sheer sense of pending doom that gets posted here -- apparently Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20906174547758511322011-06-03T18:18:09.777-04:002011-06-03T18:18:09.777-04:005:23 Gulag? No one makes any of us stay. If you ha...5:23 Gulag? No one makes any of us stay. If you hate it get another job. People are doing it every day. Gulag! Hiw dramatic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67882062342596158812011-06-03T17:35:08.589-04:002011-06-03T17:35:08.589-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36316641162550431052011-06-03T17:23:24.317-04:002011-06-03T17:23:24.317-04:00I'm not 9:34, but am astounded at how he/she h...I'm not 9:34, but am astounded at how he/she has been verbally stoned by a few unappreciative people, however frustrated they might be. Those of us who are now thriving outside of Gannett have offering a helping hand, mainly in the form of advice, because many on this blog have expressed a desire for the advice that some seem to deplore. Because of the rolling nature of the blog, those pleas Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56263842114132782562011-06-03T16:38:48.951-04:002011-06-03T16:38:48.951-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35217170621608384752011-06-03T16:32:36.279-04:002011-06-03T16:32:36.279-04:00Readers don't come to this blog for job advice...Readers don't come to this blog for job advice. They don't come here for investment advice. And they don't come here to be lectured about how their time is almost up, or the hour of judgement is near. They come to get the inside skinny on what's going on in their company, and occasionally to respond to the outrage of the day with rants or raves. If you have any intelligence or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26928940666231502382011-06-03T16:15:24.285-04:002011-06-03T16:15:24.285-04:001:55 here. To you 9:34, I guess we can agree to di...1:55 here. To you 9:34, I guess we can agree to disagree. I know there is just more than one person who has posted here about life after Gannett. And that is fine. But, your posts, which are clearly identifiable by the same story "I built up my business while I was employed with Gannett, then when the time came to leave, I had enough clients in tow to make even more money now that I was. AndAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29033882737266208832011-06-03T16:08:09.289-04:002011-06-03T16:08:09.289-04:00Gee 2:50, please share with the rest of us these g...Gee 2:50, please share with the rest of us these great online resources that will allow a person to make enough money consulting to do better than they are today. You're like one of those infomercial people selling a "get rich scheme" for $49.99. The only difference between them and you is they actually send you a binder full of information instead of always referring to these greatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11823535685611890062011-06-03T15:52:49.980-04:002011-06-03T15:52:49.980-04:009:42 Yes, the Republic looks thin on display ads. ...9:42 Yes, the Republic looks thin on display ads. Are there no retail salesmen left?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com