tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2020810757648718801..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: In non-layoff news, USAT trolls the French RivieraJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79968362708777239022011-07-15T09:07:38.624-04:002011-07-15T09:07:38.624-04:00Just checked salesforce and didn't see any Can...Just checked salesforce and didn't see any Cannes activity posted. C'mon guys...I got a dashboard to maintain!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41948964710310812422011-07-07T12:35:04.702-04:002011-07-07T12:35:04.702-04:00USA Today has been the U.S. representative to the ...USA Today has been the U.S. representative to the Cannes Advertising Festival since the late 1990s, I believe. For many years, USA Today hosted an annual dinner at the restaurant Moulin de Mougins as its major social event of the week. More than 100 guests would have drinks and a fine French dinner (along with fine French wine, I'm sure). I suspect the rooftop reception cost a lot less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47135067416726835432011-07-01T13:50:10.972-04:002011-07-01T13:50:10.972-04:00Dude- you guys forgot Rudd DavisDude- you guys forgot Rudd DavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63641072091307495202011-06-24T20:55:53.961-04:002011-06-24T20:55:53.961-04:005:27 LOL!5:27 LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17530156484970999992011-06-24T17:27:10.107-04:002011-06-24T17:27:10.107-04:00After they're back from Cannes, I just hope th...After they're back from Cannes, I just hope they enter all that activity into salesforce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24759219787732450032011-06-24T14:55:26.412-04:002011-06-24T14:55:26.412-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61379726866779541572011-06-24T14:20:22.190-04:002011-06-24T14:20:22.190-04:00No, Ellwood is not there. She's busy reading ...No, Ellwood is not there. She's busy reading this blog and trying to figure out how to cut this boondoggle from next year's budget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47101638368453583832011-06-24T13:54:32.408-04:002011-06-24T13:54:32.408-04:00What a huge waste of corporate money. But then loo...What a huge waste of corporate money. But then look at it this way: its a fraction of what gannett pays in executive bonuses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21340467484952487832011-06-24T11:35:42.567-04:002011-06-24T11:35:42.567-04:00Yes, a fascinating period of British history leadi...Yes, a fascinating period of British history leading up to the carnage of WW1. I've never really understood this decade leading up to that war, and found Paul Fussell had similar difficulties in the very good book "The Great War in Modern Memory" which involves the impact on Britain of the death of a generation of British youth and leaders in the trenches of Belgium and France. WikiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40943041543181326162011-06-24T11:34:35.576-04:002011-06-24T11:34:35.576-04:00Is Susie Ellwood there?Is Susie Ellwood there?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43028203001750636662011-06-24T11:20:00.633-04:002011-06-24T11:20:00.633-04:00Curious minds want to know more about Baroness Emm...Curious minds want to know more about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_Emma_Orczy" rel="nofollow">Baroness Emma Orczy</a>!Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45726737757629626612011-06-24T11:09:57.418-04:002011-06-24T11:09:57.418-04:00Is there any evidence Hunks is here? This is begin...Is there any evidence Hunks is here? This is beginning to sound like a Baroness Emmuska Orczy novel: They seek him here, they seek him there. Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? Is he in Hell? That damned elusive....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75587181429342155982011-06-24T09:37:07.009-04:002011-06-24T09:37:07.009-04:00Hunke's not there. Too many advertisers are a...Hunke's not there. Too many advertisers are attending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74177419972406295762011-06-24T09:34:32.269-04:002011-06-24T09:34:32.269-04:00Hunke not there? Guess he's disappeared even ...Hunke not there? Guess he's disappeared even more than I thought. <br /><br />And we have the wrong photo gallery up on the web site? Sounds like marketing is all over this, as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15811514875385173372011-06-24T08:37:15.889-04:002011-06-24T08:37:15.889-04:007:57 I also don't see Banikarim on the Cannes ...7:57 I also don't see Banikarim on the Cannes website.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57276356128914234392011-06-24T08:10:03.247-04:002011-06-24T08:10:03.247-04:00Well, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night...Well, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72139598816423221932011-06-24T08:06:50.318-04:002011-06-24T08:06:50.318-04:007:57 where? give me a hint7:57 where? give me a hintAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67834494393957259512011-06-24T07:57:23.018-04:002011-06-24T07:57:23.018-04:00And look just who is leading the USA Today conting...And look just who is leading the USA Today contingent. Maryam Banikarim -- certainly did not take her long to make use of that platinum Gannett charge card.<br /><br />http://www.canneslions.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44818536696057355502011-06-24T07:53:18.427-04:002011-06-24T07:53:18.427-04:005:54 and 7:39 I've edited the caption to make ...5:54 and 7:39 I've edited the caption to make it clear that it shows Erdos and Hunke at last year's event.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71366943609266627792011-06-24T03:51:31.563-04:002011-06-24T03:51:31.563-04:00I heard thru the grapevine that Jacki wanted to co...I heard thru the grapevine that Jacki wanted to come back and is not happy in NY and the lifestyle in the Big Apple. Corporate was said to be interested, except they thought Jack was a huge problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17910970953832578182011-06-24T00:19:04.770-04:002011-06-24T00:19:04.770-04:00Anyone else notice Jacki Kelly in the slide show? ...Anyone else notice Jacki Kelly in the slide show? She used to be at USAToday and married to the infamous Jack Kelly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63847029140394033312011-06-23T23:36:34.163-04:002011-06-23T23:36:34.163-04:00What a waste of money.What a waste of money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79837812778216142822011-06-23T19:39:37.105-04:002011-06-23T19:39:37.105-04:00Dave Hunke is not there. I am all for piling on, b...Dave Hunke is not there. I am all for piling on, but perhaps the file photo showing him there is misleading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72285954614901480572011-06-23T18:45:06.481-04:002011-06-23T18:45:06.481-04:00Did they put all the losers on this one trip in ho...Did they put all the losers on this one trip in hopes they would kill each other overeating and pigging out in Cannes? Look at the slide show and tell me which one of any of those would really be missed. Would you send a get well card if any one of them was hospitalized for stomach problems?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75214784466851813532011-06-23T18:04:18.727-04:002011-06-23T18:04:18.727-04:003:47 Plaisanterie....moi?3:47 Plaisanterie....moi?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com