tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post1079240460233522115..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Dec. 31-Jan. 6 | Your News & Comments: Part 3Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56917168600895315382013-01-07T06:18:39.866-05:002013-01-07T06:18:39.866-05:00I second that notion. Some broadcasters are alrea...I second that notion. Some broadcasters are already finding it more lucrative to shut down and sell their band allocations to data communications companies.<br /><br />The internet is slowly but surely putting broadcasters out of business, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15517542546126024342013-01-06T18:41:40.807-05:002013-01-06T18:41:40.807-05:00It hasn't been a good place to work ever. I wo...It hasn't been a good place to work ever. I worked there for years and it has always been a place of Back Stabbing and Dirty tricks on the employees. Until they treat their people right it will be the same nasty place to work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42402254546731115302013-01-06T10:28:04.833-05:002013-01-06T10:28:04.833-05:00DUH Moines - the refuge for the clueless.DUH Moines - the refuge for the clueless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59903605010329168942013-01-05T12:51:31.968-05:002013-01-05T12:51:31.968-05:00Same here, 3:01. I read this blog/forum because, u...Same here, 3:01. I read this blog/forum because, unlike Gannett, I care about some good folks still mired in its muck. I'm out as well.I had the option to stay (incredibly) if only I would deny a much younger, recently married, just-starting-a-family type, that person's livelihood. I was in typically tacky Gannett fashion (wink-wink!... at least at my site) assured of getting the "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35485523146355451382013-01-04T16:49:08.069-05:002013-01-04T16:49:08.069-05:00another totally unrelated website, organized by a ...another totally unrelated website, organized by a print magazine called "Track and Field News", also had Malware issues, which have now been resolved-<br /><br />http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=48658Peter in Poughkeepsienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51656258769567646202013-01-04T15:01:25.420-05:002013-01-04T15:01:25.420-05:0010:30 AM - You're not starting a flame war. T...10:30 AM - You're not starting a flame war. Truth be told, I read the blog to keep up with what's going on with the friends I have left in Gannett. I'm out and I'm happy. No war. I am one person who will never speak highly of this company and I will never give Gannett another one of my dimes. But honestly, I am in a better job, making more money than I did with Gannett and I&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55747941335607382092013-01-04T14:41:45.012-05:002013-01-04T14:41:45.012-05:00It is possible that they are former readers that e...It is possible that they are former readers that end here after wondering how their paper went down the tubes. I think Jim's poll shows a substantial number of readers that have no current or former affiliation with Gannett. Out of hundreds of thousands of former customers, it is not implausible that a few thousand are regular readers and of them, that 1% actually post something here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16982351362872769362013-01-04T13:34:29.820-05:002013-01-04T13:34:29.820-05:00Because they were fired in 2008, and they haven...Because they were fired in 2008, and they haven't worked since?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19597431586721467222013-01-04T13:15:44.952-05:002013-01-04T13:15:44.952-05:00Equating a natural, healthy self-interest in proce...Equating a natural, healthy self-interest in processing the disaster of one's Gannett career with a miscreant and often illegal act ("loitering," as 10:30 does). Stunning. Simply stunning. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64145186773094137522013-01-04T12:44:53.960-05:002013-01-04T12:44:53.960-05:00I assume most of us (thankfully) former Gannett em...I assume most of us (thankfully) former Gannett employees still check this because a) we care about our former co-workers and what they are going through and b) because watching this company slide is like watching a train wreck, and it's good to be on the outside looking in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32667440357728319552013-01-04T12:39:00.828-05:002013-01-04T12:39:00.828-05:00I would pay for it, just not very much. The two G...I would pay for it, just not very much. The two Gannett papers I occasionally bump into are not worth paying more than a few dollars per month for online access. The paper is worth about the same, but I would throw in 8 or 9 bucks to give the delivery guy a job.<br /><br />The crazy part is that the papers I would be willing to actually pay real money for are free, but they are in larger Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29158548019713373352013-01-04T10:53:08.551-05:002013-01-04T10:53:08.551-05:00you get 4 day old news in our FLORIDA TODAY paper-...you get 4 day old news in our FLORIDA TODAY paper-<br />makes it so boring what takes so long for it to be current news?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11691500417184076042013-01-04T10:30:39.534-05:002013-01-04T10:30:39.534-05:00I am not trying to start a flame war. I'm jut ...I am not trying to start a flame war. I'm jut curious. If posters, such as 6:54 a.m., are so disparaging of the contents of various Gannett publications online, why are they loitering here on this Gannett blog? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40041573044723037112013-01-04T06:54:56.353-05:002013-01-04T06:54:56.353-05:00I'll ditto your no, and so does everyone else ...I'll ditto your no, and so does everyone else I know. Why pay for the crap Gannett is turning out, especially when the papers do little to cover or serve their communities, treat their employees like replaceable parts and do nothing more than laws require for former employees who spent their careers building a product. I pay for NYT and others, not Gannett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38957794770689739492013-01-03T23:31:05.752-05:002013-01-03T23:31:05.752-05:00I know folks always want to go back to the conditi...I know folks always want to go back to the conditioning argument, but from my standpoint, the local content is pure trash. Paying for it is painful, and reading it is worse. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64175971269000149412013-01-03T23:26:26.511-05:002013-01-03T23:26:26.511-05:00You're talking about Obamacare, not the fiscal...You're talking about Obamacare, not the fiscal cliff deal, and its effect on small businesses that are now mandated to provide coverage they previously did not — not a large enterprise that already offers coverage and is self-insured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10358746812771565802013-01-03T21:01:58.319-05:002013-01-03T21:01:58.319-05:00I will never give another dime to Gannett; therefo...I will never give another dime to Gannett; therefore, I will clear my cookies to read the paper. If I didn't have that option would I pay to read it? That is a simple answer. No.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81090293220859757962013-01-03T20:38:27.685-05:002013-01-03T20:38:27.685-05:00Tell me 11:33. Before the days of the internets, d...Tell me 11:33. Before the days of the internets, did you carry home a sackful of papers from the office and hand them out to your neighbors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34454048035661724792013-01-03T20:32:37.214-05:002013-01-03T20:32:37.214-05:00Why anyone would pay to read a Gannett product is ...Why anyone would pay to read a Gannett product is mystifying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9669828956307264572013-01-03T17:01:55.564-05:002013-01-03T17:01:55.564-05:00If you don't want to read a paywalled paper be...If you don't want to read a paywalled paper because you think it's lousy, fine — don't read it. But if you're reading so much that you have to clear out your cookies, you're obviously getting something out of it, and contributing to making that newsroom even smaller.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55293725881496236072013-01-03T16:03:05.605-05:002013-01-03T16:03:05.605-05:00Interesting, but with the quality of their content...Interesting, but with the quality of their content at least it won't affect many people. Does that happen if you click the same story from a Press Gazette or Oshkosh page? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15965352784912220752013-01-03T15:41:41.719-05:002013-01-03T15:41:41.719-05:0010:58: The fiscal cliff deal has no effect on Gann...10:58: The fiscal cliff deal has no effect on Gannett's operations. Not sure how you make that connection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9478452125974889062013-01-03T15:29:27.391-05:002013-01-03T15:29:27.391-05:0010:58 Gannett Papers have already found away aroun...10:58 Gannett Papers have already found away around it by creating GPS and using outside contractors. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61002864883161500742013-01-03T14:53:36.319-05:002013-01-03T14:53:36.319-05:009:38 p.m., that piece was written by a columnist. ...9:38 p.m., that piece was written by a columnist. Do you understand that a columnist's views are not necessarily those of the newspaper?<br /><br />I was more upset at the typos in the cutline of the photo they ran with the column online. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79778866567090071202013-01-03T14:17:48.112-05:002013-01-03T14:17:48.112-05:00Al Jazeera Hiring.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.ny...Al Jazeera Hiring. <br /><br />http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/al-jazeera-said-to-be-acquiring-current-tv/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com