tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post1711799433331333628..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Giving peace a chance, is it time for detente?Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67924516941283767002008-08-18T07:14:00.000-04:002008-08-18T07:14:00.000-04:00Were Tara to answer any of your/our questions is n...Were Tara to answer any of your/our questions is neither here nor there. Would you trust the information that filtered down from her? Not that she would set out to intentionally mislead, but those around her may give her misinformation or change direction even as she responds to whatever the topic du jour is at hand. Suffice it say, "What is, is; and what's gonna be, will be." Enjoy your week, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68869974754002643552008-08-17T21:04:00.000-04:002008-08-17T21:04:00.000-04:007:46, your advice about not waiting for the ax to ...7:46, your advice about not waiting for the ax to fall is fine and point taken. But what you and others fail to consider is that this layoff -- and the others that will likely follow -- isn't just disrupting one person's life. In many cases -- and I can promise you it's the case for an awful lot of NJ folks who read this blog -- it's going to disrupt entire families. Most of us in Jersey are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34880417454530020742008-08-17T20:59:00.000-04:002008-08-17T20:59:00.000-04:00joe grimm, longtime freep recruiter, discusses goi...joe grimm, longtime freep recruiter, discusses going thrugh his own buyout, and working on a poynter project for displaced journos at<BR/><BR/>http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=148316<BR/><BR/>when you call that pg up, you'll also see links to related items about questions to ask, things to consider about finances and more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50863480904988703882008-08-17T19:46:00.000-04:002008-08-17T19:46:00.000-04:00The answer to question #1 is to take charge of you...The answer to question #1 is to take charge of your career and just start interviewing for jobs that interest you. Look on Careerbuilder.com and see if there is a good fit anywhere for you. Evaluate your situation and begin thinking about relocating to further your career. Get a headhunter to look for you. In most cases you don't pay them until they find a job for you that's a good fitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35131916560995544022008-08-17T19:28:00.000-04:002008-08-17T19:28:00.000-04:005:13 p.m.I am not looking for platitudes for fake ...5:13 p.m.<BR/><BR/>I am not looking for platitudes for fake praise. And I hear what you're saying. But I genuinely NEED to know what all those laid off and bought out journalists - especially those over 40 - have done to resurrect their careers and if they have any advice for the rest of us. I'm not looking for "c'mon get happy,'' I'm looking for practical advice for those who will lose their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30666758693527625532008-08-17T18:34:00.000-04:002008-08-17T18:34:00.000-04:00and adding to what 6:08 says, contrast those 600 l...and adding to what 6:08 says, contrast those 600 lost jobs and 400 unfilled ones with the 0% pay cut that ANY gannett exec has taken to try to prevent loss of staffers.<BR/><BR/>someone mentioned that european ceos make only 14 or 15 times as much as their average workers do (though i'm sure they get stock options and bonuses when the companies are thriving.)<BR/><BR/>a few years ago, when eli Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75897371903763124212008-08-17T18:08:00.000-04:002008-08-17T18:08:00.000-04:002:50 pm -- I would like to point out that Gannnett...2:50 pm -- I would like to point out that Gannnett is far from being one of the companies in dire straits, no matter what your publisher buddy might allege. I can only refer you to last February's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (it is online, and you can pick it up on some financial Web sites under Gannett stock symbol GCI). What that statement shows is that Gannett's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31841882405771108662008-08-17T17:13:00.000-04:002008-08-17T17:13:00.000-04:00Jim,I sure hope you don't turn this into a cheesy ...Jim,<BR/>I sure hope you don't turn this into a cheesy "I reinvented myself thanks to Gannett," and "Gannett has swell and highly respected editors." <BR/>Sorry 3:51 PM, but I just don't think that's why people come here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72966148967704922152008-08-17T17:12:00.000-04:002008-08-17T17:12:00.000-04:00Anon 2:50.You missed the point, little fella.No Co...Anon 2:50.<BR/>You missed the point, little fella.<BR/>No Corporate Flak would provide anything of substance to a blog such as this. What would be submitted for public consumption would be the S.O.S. just shoveled a different way. The Corporate Flak is right in not responding, because the watered-down, intellectually dishonest corporate speak she'd regurgitate here would only be fodder for mock Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59982870814894972142008-08-17T17:04:00.000-04:002008-08-17T17:04:00.000-04:00Does anyone have any information about The Tenness...Does anyone have any information about The Tennessean? Which department(s) are being targeted?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11534700599816261982008-08-17T15:52:00.000-04:002008-08-17T15:52:00.000-04:00Of course I meant the rest of us, not the rest of ...Of course I meant the rest of us, not the rest of ourselves. I, for one, could use more copy editors, not fewer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42182984748330072502008-08-17T15:51:00.000-04:002008-08-17T15:51:00.000-04:00Two questions, Jim, I hope you will consider featu...Two questions, Jim, I hope you will consider featuring as their own threads now or soon.<BR/><BR/>ONE: If you took a buyout or got laid off from a newsroom in the last year, what do you do now and what advice do you have for the rest of ourselves in surviving this and reinventing ourselves. What professions have welcomed your experience and skills?<BR/><BR/>TWO: Do any Gannett properties have an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33160480961422795262008-08-17T15:33:00.000-04:002008-08-17T15:33:00.000-04:00Yes indeed. It takes a special breed of sub-human ...Yes indeed. It takes a special breed of sub-human to do what these folks do for a living. But it's somewhat reassuring to believe that every bad deed gets repaid in the end.<BR/><BR/>As for Tara, I don't consider her much more that "the messenger." The bigger problems lie elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56614185640677188872008-08-17T15:23:00.000-04:002008-08-17T15:23:00.000-04:002:50 p.m. You got to be kidding me. Publishers are...2:50 p.m. You got to be kidding me. Publishers are relishing this moment. There is not an ounce of anguish in their hearts. It is what they took the job to do. They love holding the future of families in their hands. They get a real kick out of keeping employees on edge worrying if their next paycheck will be their last. Why do you think they dribble this out and prolong the agony. They are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48854071155041504052008-08-17T15:17:00.001-04:002008-08-17T15:17:00.001-04:00Anon 2:50 PMThe anguished publisher you mention ha...Anon 2:50 PM<BR/>The anguished publisher you mention has every reason to feel terrible about the massive layoffs if he/she contributed to the job losses by not preparing for the future. <BR/><BR/>Please tell the anguised publisher there's a much better way than the old personal pick and choose "do they stay or do they go" method. Tell the publisher to look to the future, set goals and simply Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23491905804972559812008-08-17T15:17:00.000-04:002008-08-17T15:17:00.000-04:00Tara Connell is dead to me.Tara Connell is dead to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69712415937228541332008-08-17T14:50:00.000-04:002008-08-17T14:50:00.000-04:00To 2:27 PM, if your only goal is to mock and scorn...To 2:27 PM, if your only goal is to mock and scorn what anybody has to say, what real value are you bringing to the table? I know most people want to believe that the executives don't care about anybody but themselves but that is simply not true. I know one publisher who is absolutely in anguish over the masses losing their jobs. It's not as easy as most of you seem to think it is to pick and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74359252354723415642008-08-17T14:27:00.000-04:002008-08-17T14:27:00.000-04:00I could care less what the Gannett PR flack has to...I could care less what the Gannett PR flack has to say. Regardless if it's Tara or anybody else, the message to this audience would be the same convoluted, highly filtered, corporate BS. Given how (rightfully) hostile most of us are on this blog, what's the Gannett PR flack have to gain for engaging? Nuthin.' I think dropping an e-mail to correct an egregious error contained here is probably the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68309914448601887352008-08-17T14:02:00.000-04:002008-08-17T14:02:00.000-04:00Another thing to keep in mind with the viewer stat...Another thing to keep in mind with the viewer statistics - "Unique Visitors" doesn't really mean "Different People" - it means "Different Browsers that don't clear their cache".<BR/><BR/>I read this blog on three separate computers depending on where I am at the time. I count as three of those unique visitors. I suspect that I'm not the only one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3133587840857472008-08-17T12:34:00.000-04:002008-08-17T12:34:00.000-04:00Tara,is just a the P.R. voice of Gannett. No matte...Tara,is just a the P.R. voice of Gannett. No matter who is sitting in her chair, they would be saying and doing the same things. So do not hold her personally responsible, for GCI actions. What I would be interest in knowing does anyone, know of a similar type of Blog, for another publishing business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49788620560123955362008-08-17T11:59:00.000-04:002008-08-17T11:59:00.000-04:0010:22AMRIGHT ON!!!!! Finally someone wrote somethi...10:22AM<BR/><BR/>RIGHT ON!!!!! Finally someone wrote something that makes sense. All of us control our own destiny. Move or get run over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80062848370423297942008-08-17T11:56:00.000-04:002008-08-17T11:56:00.000-04:0011:04: The company is a car wreck, not this blog.11:04: The company is a car wreck, not this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68806710799642970232008-08-17T11:51:00.000-04:002008-08-17T11:51:00.000-04:00Jim, you should have employers looking for journal...Jim, you should have employers looking for journalists, middle managers and even upper management pay for advertising on this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5390395777367731032008-08-17T11:40:00.000-04:002008-08-17T11:40:00.000-04:00Jim, you write a lot about your blog's growth, but...Jim, you write a lot about your blog's growth, but we haven't heard much about your ad revenue lately. Is it still pennies and nickels? If it is, why not seek out paid ads (CareerBuilder would be perfect!)and make your part-time job more profitable, so you can ensure the blog stays around. If you're not comfortable making money, you could turn it into a foundation or a non-profit. Either way, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64571345266662831572008-08-17T11:10:00.000-04:002008-08-17T11:10:00.000-04:00Charon is the ferryman who carries souls over the ...Charon is the ferryman who carries souls over the River Styx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com