tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post196315498400277600..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Tip: In new, deeper cuts, 'big things' now on tableJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27766165643389487162008-10-15T16:45:00.000-04:002008-10-15T16:45:00.000-04:00Yes Asheville has a lot. They allegedly own a lot ...Yes Asheville has a lot. They allegedly own a lot or lease it for there employees. It is in great walking distance and populated by criminals but it is there for employees to use for a small fee based on their salary. Maybe $10 a month for most.<BR/><BR/>Did I tell you it only cost $6 a day to park in a nearby garage. That is a deal in my book. But $10 is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40578170323398985572008-10-15T15:54:00.000-04:002008-10-15T15:54:00.000-04:00Whoa, whoa, whoa. Asheville has employee parking? ...Whoa, whoa, whoa. Asheville has employee parking? We lost that two years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61314770730834401142008-10-15T14:23:00.000-04:002008-10-15T14:23:00.000-04:00This won’t be popular, but Gannett corporate staff...This won’t be popular, but Gannett corporate staff needs to more closely examine how its newspapers administer wages by looking at individual employee wage histories by paper versus by their aggregate and/or departmental histories, etc. <BR/><BR/>And, in times like these even more so as its far too easy to keep significant increases for some under the radar, especially when they have more open, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9145717020767943132008-10-15T13:28:00.000-04:002008-10-15T13:28:00.000-04:00They don't call it "NoCashville" for nothing. Damn...They don't call it "NoCashville" for nothing. Damn hippies.<BR/><BR/><BR/>That was all in jest. I love Asheville and the hippies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47093976897947067032008-10-15T13:21:00.000-04:002008-10-15T13:21:00.000-04:00Homelessness is the condition and social category ...Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing, because they cannot afford, or are otherwise unable to maintain, regular, safe, and adequate shelter<BR/><BR/>In legal terminology, a person with a source of income is not a vagrant, even if he/she is homeless.<BR/><BR/>Vagrant is a person in a situation of poverty, who wanders from place to place without a home or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-70003026951999430742008-10-15T11:36:00.000-04:002008-10-15T11:36:00.000-04:00Don't forget to mainstream for the vagrant intervi...Don't forget to mainstream for the vagrant interviews and remember to have the photog catch the face in a tight crop. Maybe you could spend a night with them in the lot to get that real people angle. If you're a real digger, I bet you could even discover some have died under similar mysterious circumstances. The killer might even call you. Could be a prize winner!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1272608435397060722008-10-15T11:00:00.000-04:002008-10-15T11:00:00.000-04:00*8:05 You must be an advertising sales person. Av...*8:05 You must be an advertising sales person. Avert your eyes from the "vagrants" and keep you head in the sand. If Asheville is merged with Greenville, the city will lose it's local voice.<BR/><BR/>The Mr Brand's has, for years, clearly demonstrated that Asheville is a "red-headed stepchild".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52572405411196184202008-10-15T10:37:00.000-04:002008-10-15T10:37:00.000-04:00With that attitude, I can well understand why peop...With that attitude, I can well understand why people opt to divert their eyes when around homeless. For many homeless, it is not a matter of "choice." There is a sizeable percentage who are mentally ill, which is something we are becoming to understand is a disease of the brain and so a medical not a social issue or a matter controlled by someone's "choice." Many used to live in single-room Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52570186103213491502008-10-15T09:54:00.000-04:002008-10-15T09:54:00.000-04:00Just to clarify 9:16There is a big difference bet...Just to clarify 9:16<BR/><BR/>There is a big difference between a Homeless person or family that does not chose to be homeless and Vagrants and transients that chose not to be a part of society. <BR/><BR/>Vagrants and transients that populate Asheville chose to live in the woods or under bridges. They are just in Asheville for the free food that the missions hand out. Most of them shipped here Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68742410075137295662008-10-15T09:51:00.000-04:002008-10-15T09:51:00.000-04:00Sounds like a great local local story to me. Has a...Sounds like a great local local story to me. Has anyone talked to them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26437413047880798742008-10-15T09:16:00.000-04:002008-10-15T09:16:00.000-04:00Hey, you don't need pepper spray for vagrants. The...Hey, you don't need pepper spray for vagrants. They may annoy your sensibilities but they are harmless and reflect some terrible social decisions our society has made. Don't sneer because if this economy tanks the way some economists are predicting, you and your family may find yourselves sharing a comfortable parking space with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79016953747439405622008-10-15T08:05:00.000-04:002008-10-15T08:05:00.000-04:00What about Asheville? If they don't merge this pap...What about Asheville? If they don't merge this paper with Greenville everyone could lose when more cuts come out soon. <BR/><BR/>At least Greenville is not inundated with vagrants and transients. Did you know that the Asheville's paper employee parking also doubles as a place for vagrants to sleep at night. So much so that in the morning you have to make sure you do not make eye contact while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3641164460356186932008-10-15T02:36:00.000-04:002008-10-15T02:36:00.000-04:00@9:02 p.m. wrote: "Rather than cut out days at the...@9:02 p.m. wrote: "Rather than cut out days at the smaller papers, I don't see why they don't cut down the number of Executive Editors. What are they really supposed to do, anyway? Does yours spend time writing personal blogs?"<BR/><BR/>I only wish our EE would do something that useful. At least then we'd all feel like he's actually accomplishing something for his paycheck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84796199156323518002008-10-15T00:24:00.000-04:002008-10-15T00:24:00.000-04:0011:32 p.m.: It's a modified tabloid format. Please...11:32 p.m.: It's a modified tabloid format. Please see this Wiki article: http://tinyurl.com/6c9vpfJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1449302088529591912008-10-14T23:32:00.000-04:002008-10-14T23:32:00.000-04:00Could someone please explain what everyone means b...Could someone please explain what everyone means by Berliner.... I'm not a press person... makes no sense to me.... And are you talking about building a new press or converting existing presses... Louisville just installed their presses several years back so I'm just curious what the purpose of a Berliner press would be... Pardon my ignorance...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17343156771430916462008-10-14T22:59:00.000-04:002008-10-14T22:59:00.000-04:00Any newspaper not making a profit on Mondays, or A...Any newspaper not making a profit on Mondays, or ANY day of week for that matter is being run by morons. The dirty secret of this business is EVERY day is profitable - just not profitable ENOUGH for the company. At my newspaper, Monday revenues are 3 to 1 over expenses! Cutting out Monday makes no sense... unless you reduce the work week of hourly employees by one-fifth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32276945035755887962008-10-14T22:40:00.000-04:002008-10-14T22:40:00.000-04:0010:31 you are so right. innovation is the only sa...10:31 you are so right. innovation is the only saviorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59439909581319178732008-10-14T22:31:00.000-04:002008-10-14T22:31:00.000-04:00How much deeper can Gannett and the rest of the ne...How much deeper can Gannett and the rest of the newspaper industry really cut before the product disappears? It seems to me that the real solution to the crisis of circulation loss and ad revenue loss is not to shrink the product but actually innovate a whole new product.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3312325621630949922008-10-14T21:56:00.000-04:002008-10-14T21:56:00.000-04:00Gannett would have to build Cincinnati a new press...Gannett would have to build Cincinnati a new press for them to go to the Berliner format. That, and of course, have the cash or credit to cover it. <BR/><BR/>Cincy could build it with Louisville (converting them too)to lower their collective costs, merge two production staffs into one eliminating lots of union jobs and move Cincy’s community weeklies back from Lafayette saving even more money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37205152027625260372008-10-14T21:36:00.000-04:002008-10-14T21:36:00.000-04:00From Richmond, IN: Publisher from Muncie is now ou...From Richmond, IN: Publisher from Muncie is now our publisher - overseeing both. Heard she did this before with the Marion paper before Gannett sold it. Doesn't seem good for us. We are small papers, but still....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43175663699610792902008-10-14T21:02:00.000-04:002008-10-14T21:02:00.000-04:00Rather than cut out days at the smaller papers, I ...Rather than cut out days at the smaller papers, I don't see why they don't cut down the number of Executive Editors. What are they really supposed to do, anyway? Does yours spend time writing personal blogs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82686288118363441872008-10-14T20:53:00.000-04:002008-10-14T20:53:00.000-04:00Reducing print edition days at smaller properties ...Reducing print edition days at smaller properties that simply cannot make money in today's financial climate makes sense -- assuming significant cost savings can/will be realized.<BR/><BR/>I don't know of too many businesses that would continue to manufacture products that lose money. Unfortunately, that's the case for these small town newspapers with ad bases that simply cannot support a 7-day Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74081967863056600662008-10-14T20:29:00.000-04:002008-10-14T20:29:00.000-04:00If I knew I had to reduce body count at my site, I...If I knew I had to reduce body count at my site, I'd load up with anything that had a pulse.<BR/><BR/>It's not fair to the new hires, but if I want to protect the bodies that have been trained and get the daily out, I'd like to have plenty of pawns to sacrifice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10622314989701358362008-10-14T20:27:00.000-04:002008-10-14T20:27:00.000-04:00I'd rather see innovative plans to get the company...I'd rather see innovative plans to get the company back on track instead of wasting management time figuring out innovative ways to fire people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91478625795421773762008-10-14T19:42:00.000-04:002008-10-14T19:42:00.000-04:00Our Monday edition could easily be mistaken for a ...Our Monday edition could easily be mistaken for a Pizza Hut flyer... it's that thin. Wouldn't be surprised if it was canned. The way papers are trending, will we go back to the weekly paper of yore in which the news was as mundane as... "Miss Violet Quahog visited her cousin Eunice Snively in Des Moines on Thursday. They shared a piece of strawberry rhubarb pie with Pastor Williams when he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com