tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post1197186725116824507..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: April 30-May 6 | Your News & Comments: Part 5Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4164967991590571562012-05-10T20:59:40.731-04:002012-05-10T20:59:40.731-04:00Hey 5/03/2012 10:20 PM
UPDATE: Grand jury cleared...Hey 5/03/2012 10:20 PM<br /><br />UPDATE: Grand jury cleared police officer. Lohud was first and correct then and first and correct this week, with grand jury report.<br />Just so you know how wrong you were. Peace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66052164396797998122012-05-05T18:52:45.230-04:002012-05-05T18:52:45.230-04:00Wherever she is from matters not. What matters is ...Wherever she is from matters not. What matters is what she does for the division. Does she do anything? Does she create value. Does she inspire better performance or creativity at the local level? Is she an astute judge of new talent or is she grooming any. Does she mentor anyone? If the answer is no to most of those questions, she has no business being in the job she has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58376161929563808262012-05-04T17:40:48.896-04:002012-05-04T17:40:48.896-04:00Hey, 10:46, I understand that Marymont came from M...Hey, 10:46, I understand that Marymont came from Missouri, but she is no hillbilly. I've known hillbillies, and they are much shrewder horse-traders than to have been duped into buying this stupid NewsGate system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75074225098543065582012-05-04T15:04:18.257-04:002012-05-04T15:04:18.257-04:00Money is a throwaway. Life is a throwaway. News is...Money is a throwaway. Life is a throwaway. News is a joke. Weekend is a waste. Digital is rhe biggest turdhole on the Internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16783497648536657012012-05-04T13:23:11.533-04:002012-05-04T13:23:11.533-04:00Dickey is such a douche!!Dickey is such a douche!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61537849655821067422012-05-04T11:59:53.097-04:002012-05-04T11:59:53.097-04:008:46's use of "CP" refers to this si...8:46's use of "CP" refers to this site's nickname for Corporate's offices in McLean, Va.: the Crystal Palace.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67122172022171284612012-05-04T11:41:12.868-04:002012-05-04T11:41:12.868-04:00The sports guys, for all their supposed swagger, a...The sports guys, for all their supposed swagger, are starting to see just how tough it is in this environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54065191523279422652012-05-04T11:34:27.517-04:002012-05-04T11:34:27.517-04:0011:29... Agree. Tom knows what he's doing. US...11:29... Agree. Tom knows what he's doing. USA TODAY is lucky to have him and his entire team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-428518908087748812012-05-04T11:31:31.077-04:002012-05-04T11:31:31.077-04:0011:27... Amen. I'm with you on that. Why just ...11:27... Amen. I'm with you on that. Why just focus on sports? The whole paper could use a good tree-shaking. There is sooo much potential!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11091452772339661302012-05-04T11:29:00.766-04:002012-05-04T11:29:00.766-04:00Tom is a proven leader and a prime example of best...Tom is a proven leader and a prime example of best in class talent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46105516965215472862012-05-04T11:27:53.042-04:002012-05-04T11:27:53.042-04:00Hate to break it to you, but Money and News are th...Hate to break it to you, but Money and News are the problem, more so than Sports. Editors do not respond to breaking news that competitors routinely cover well. digital not on the ball, either. Lets breath some fresh life into both sections with fresh leadership which is on the ball.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71604214761460239522012-05-04T11:23:13.154-04:002012-05-04T11:23:13.154-04:0010:29... to measure qualifications, look at perfor...10:29... to measure qualifications, look at performance. How can someone justify the poor performance of the sports department over the past few years under the old staff? USA TODAY sports should have been the leading sports organization in the nation with all of its resources and reach. Instead, it was a throw-away. Years of experience have nothing to do with it. It's about mindset. You can Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85135651329994961472012-05-04T11:16:15.721-04:002012-05-04T11:16:15.721-04:00Dont go slandering hillbillys with such an odious ...Dont go slandering hillbillys with such an odious comparison, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64911636744049252252012-05-04T11:14:03.839-04:002012-05-04T11:14:03.839-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30223016638682716452012-05-04T11:12:11.540-04:002012-05-04T11:12:11.540-04:00And tom Buesse's qualifications are what, exac...And tom Buesse's qualifications are what, exactly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27496705399980278112012-05-04T11:10:27.240-04:002012-05-04T11:10:27.240-04:00Ha. Great analogy 10:26.Ha. Great analogy 10:26.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35358609369785555562012-05-04T10:58:14.713-04:002012-05-04T10:58:14.713-04:0010:29 - I have to argue with your comment, "n...10:29 - I have to argue with your comment, "no longer qualified or motivated to hold." How are "older" journalists no longer qualified? After seeing what our community newspaper has become after the EROP, I'd have to say the "younger" employees are the ones not qualified or motivated. Gannett has become a joke with all of their "fluff" and nobody Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32810178784850880302012-05-04T10:46:29.734-04:002012-05-04T10:46:29.734-04:00Send Kate Marymont back to the Ozark Mountains whe...Send Kate Marymont back to the Ozark Mountains where she came from. Once a hillbilly, always a hillbilly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36981090903988663182012-05-04T10:39:36.258-04:002012-05-04T10:39:36.258-04:00Another old-timer here, one working 50-60 hours a ...Another old-timer here, one working 50-60 hours a week who is among the 14 percent who were eligible but not offered an early retirement buyout and who will never get over that. I don't expect "fair" any more, and I don't expect any more buyouts. Taco Bell, here I come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1563467971863662102012-05-04T10:34:12.643-04:002012-05-04T10:34:12.643-04:00Appleton is the only site in Wisconsin that's ...Appleton is the only site in Wisconsin that's using Newsgate, so far. If they hadn't gotten a paper out, at least the nine other sites still could.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58056428741071583312012-05-04T10:29:32.535-04:002012-05-04T10:29:32.535-04:00Bitterness holds the company back just as much as ...Bitterness holds the company back just as much as mistakes by the executives. The changes going on at USA TODAY are not easy, but they are necessary. Tom B. and his team were hired to whip the place back into shape. This is a national newspaper with ample resources, but it was routinely being destroyed by the competition on sports coverage. And that was just shrugged off like it was no big deal, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29801922701986280982012-05-04T10:27:40.180-04:002012-05-04T10:27:40.180-04:009:27 here. 10:01 - That isn't a fair comment....9:27 here. 10:01 - That isn't a fair comment. Who said that 9:43 is slacking off? Like most of the "old timers" in Gannett, I am sure he/she is saddened by what Gannett has become but still puts 100% into his/her job because that was the "old" way. The "old" Gannett had pride in the product and most gave it their all, and still do. I wish you the best of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46722144341281728022012-05-04T10:26:32.238-04:002012-05-04T10:26:32.238-04:005:58,
Gannett's actually asking people to sign...5:58,<br />Gannett's actually asking people to sign an NDA? Reminds me of George Constanza asking Susan for a pre-nup. I laughed almost as hard as she did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85040264575786901382012-05-04T10:24:39.040-04:002012-05-04T10:24:39.040-04:009:43:
I'm not sure just how I'm "h...9:43:<br /> I'm not sure just how I'm "holding everyone back." I work as hard now as I did nearly four decade ago (when I was routinely putting in 60-70-hour weeks) for this company. I assure you, there's no one picking up my slack. Is it my fault that this corporate death spiral happened at approximately the same time I was considering retirement? I expressed my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28458750098041531832012-05-04T10:12:04.556-04:002012-05-04T10:12:04.556-04:00Nice piece on Gracia, Big Al.Nice piece on Gracia, Big Al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com