tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post1825291698040909519..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Indy Star could eliminate up to 95 jobs, blog saysJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89212995345619636272008-10-29T09:04:00.000-04:002008-10-29T09:04:00.000-04:00Dear Craig - How about publicly renouncing your go...Dear Craig - How about publicly renouncing your golden parachute as a way to improve morale and illustrate everyone is in the foxhole together?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49599134786395760162008-10-29T07:54:00.000-04:002008-10-29T07:54:00.000-04:00Pensacola News Journal is looking at laying off ne...Pensacola News Journal is looking at laying off nearly 35 people - or so was the number thrown out by the executive editor.<BR/><BR/>They too are said to have received a letter from the publisher simply stating that a note from Dickey was attached. From what I have heard from sources there, they are already looking at reducing the size of the paper, possibly going to two sections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14166515126829083692008-10-29T07:52:00.000-04:002008-10-29T07:52:00.000-04:00Ahhhh---so Gannett has two payroll reductions goin...Ahhhh---so Gannett has two payroll reductions going on at once; the 10% on top of the finance cuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55707068050172086832008-10-29T07:42:00.000-04:002008-10-29T07:42:00.000-04:00At The Tennessean, where every day matters (sic):S...At The Tennessean, where every day matters (sic):<BR/>Staff: Attached is a letter from Bob Dickey, president of Gannett U.S. Community Publishing, announcing that there will be another round of layoffs across the company. Publishers were given this information yesterday afternoon.<BR/><BR/>Staff reductions of approximately 10% will be in addition to the upcoming reduction in Finance related to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75070771493195166742008-10-29T07:19:00.000-04:002008-10-29T07:19:00.000-04:004:46 - that's the midset that got us into this mes...4:46 - that's the midset that got us into this mess. Doing something different is the only way. I suspect you'll see some changes brewing in the business model once there are less people around, things that are more cost effective from a revenue perspective. Cut out anything that doesn't make money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35036468055600763222008-10-29T03:30:00.000-04:002008-10-29T03:30:00.000-04:00And anybody who strays from the talking points wil...And anybody who strays from the talking points will show up here, the new default home page of every computer in the Crystal Palace.<BR/><BR/>No pressure, after all, but you publishers could turn up unemployed too. You've been warned!<BR/><BR/>Love, your corporate flack<BR/>(insert cackle)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87783618187592957072008-10-29T01:04:00.000-04:002008-10-29T01:04:00.000-04:00Likewise at my site and three other friends' place...Likewise at my site and three other friends' places they work. No matter what they say, publishers and OCs got their talking points. Don't be fooled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12522438266172798722008-10-29T00:50:00.000-04:002008-10-29T00:50:00.000-04:00That was basically the same message the Visalia pu...That was basically the same message the Visalia publisher sent out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46825962064858570352008-10-28T23:30:00.000-04:002008-10-28T23:30:00.000-04:00In Cherry Hill, our publisher was such a doll. His...In Cherry Hill, our publisher was such a doll. His e-mail to staffers here: "To all Courier Post Employees - please read the attached note from Bob Dickey, President of Gannett U.S. Community Publishing."<BR/><BR/>Helpful and informative, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27821797537962164142008-10-28T22:23:00.000-04:002008-10-28T22:23:00.000-04:00At the statesman Journal in Salem Oregon, we were ...At the statesman Journal in Salem Oregon, we were told 6-10% gone by 1st week of December. Our full time work force is at 190.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com