tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2035636294800240878..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Feb. 4-10 | Your News & Comments: Part 2Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53617933156205564412013-02-14T12:12:11.583-05:002013-02-14T12:12:11.583-05:00Someone should send this to our Marketing and Visi...Someone should send this to our Marketing and Visionaries. That is pretty good stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4920735724305540042013-02-12T13:07:38.336-05:002013-02-12T13:07:38.336-05:00Unfortunately, I get very little traditional local...Unfortunately, I get very little traditional local news. I guess some of it is still out there. I cannot stomach watching the local tv news for more 3 minutes; half an hour a day would probably drop my IQ by a few points over time. It is terrible stuff. Once in awhile I check out the local paper website, but very few of the articles are actual hard local news. It is very similar to the localAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44708326102823903952013-02-09T08:54:42.034-05:002013-02-09T08:54:42.034-05:00If there are no furloughs, how am I and two others...If there are no furloughs, how am I and two others on furlough this week? Well? How is that. Please tell me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56118387242210288122013-02-08T03:50:03.189-05:002013-02-08T03:50:03.189-05:00No this is a Don Bailey mess get him out this comm...No this is a Don Bailey mess get him out this community and advertisers and employees will be happy ready to do business againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39312724706268905212013-02-07T10:53:31.878-05:002013-02-07T10:53:31.878-05:00where do you get local info - schools, government,...where do you get local info - schools, government, events -- if you read no print or online local?? Does TV do it all for you? There is an old line 'TV news is to journalism, as military music is to music."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67592841214159765732013-02-07T09:23:47.740-05:002013-02-07T09:23:47.740-05:00Banikarim is still employed not because she is Gra...Banikarim is still employed not because she is Gracia's friend, but because Gracia doesn't know any better. Ignorance is our biggest failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69003793086902408512013-02-07T00:50:46.658-05:002013-02-07T00:50:46.658-05:0010:02 p.m., Unfortunately, you are preaching to th...10:02 p.m., Unfortunately, you are preaching to the choir. The executives pulling the strings that you speak of are at corporate and are the ones hiring their friends and then watching their backs. You don't need to look any further than the "Blue Balls" memo to realize that Banikarim is still employed because she's Gracia's friend. If anyone else had sent that email theyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8213511741765384692013-02-06T21:26:47.169-05:002013-02-06T21:26:47.169-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25602735392135432362013-02-06T18:31:16.970-05:002013-02-06T18:31:16.970-05:00Ted is probably a Pitbull fan: don't stop the ...Ted is probably a Pitbull fan: don't stop the party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72221543421778002312013-02-06T13:23:39.999-05:002013-02-06T13:23:39.999-05:00Remember this is Gannett. You have employees who w...Remember this is Gannett. You have employees who work schedules at a 7 day a week/365 a year paper out selling product, improving displays, and auditing to protect company assets. Then you have empty suits like Tony Simmons who set in the office scheming ways to cut some costs, then he flies all over the country to meet with others doing the same. Then the empty suits come and get rid of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76598808326957164612013-02-06T09:14:45.752-05:002013-02-06T09:14:45.752-05:00It is all spin for the shareholders. Beautifully ...It is all spin for the shareholders. Beautifully said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48360672343805513992013-02-06T07:07:34.850-05:002013-02-06T07:07:34.850-05:00I have not lost my job but am exhausted from worki...I have not lost my job but am exhausted from working in a pinball machine. Stop shuffling sales around and let us do our jobs. NO one is making any money like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11863923963015627992013-02-06T03:09:29.861-05:002013-02-06T03:09:29.861-05:00On the subject of unfortunate headlines . . .
CP...On the subject of unfortunate headlines . . . <br /><br />CPJ to Launch Attacks on the Press<br />posted: 2/5/2013<br /><br /> <br />by: Press Release | Committee to Protect Journalists<br /><br />New York, February 5, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists will release Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World’s Front Lines, a yearly assessment of the state of press freedom worldwideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2116955121338843122013-02-06T00:47:52.124-05:002013-02-06T00:47:52.124-05:00What really gets me is that everyone seems to be m...What really gets me is that everyone seems to be missing the boat on local. Local is growing smaller by the day. My family buys almost all of the "department store" and non perishables online these days. We don't actually go out and shop for this stuff anymore. We buy our cars in larger markets via phone and scanned buyer's orders. I buy my wife jewelry on the internet Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26495759221099240592013-02-06T00:25:24.859-05:002013-02-06T00:25:24.859-05:00today's story line on AZ Central in Phx. i di...today's story line on AZ Central in Phx. i didn't know cars can ride bikes !!<br />Woman, 72, hit by car riding bike Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14618852763327381702013-02-06T00:11:58.585-05:002013-02-06T00:11:58.585-05:00The only thing holding newspapers in general, and ...The only thing holding newspapers in general, and single copy in particular, is the people running them. people still want the paper, regardless of the digital head's relentless chirping otherwise. Report things in depth as they used to and charge a more realistic price. Guess that's too easy to understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23060576132233608872013-02-06T00:00:00.757-05:002013-02-06T00:00:00.757-05:00Well said! And for those of us who may be effected...Well said! And for those of us who may be effected by future cuts, just know you were an asset to this company and it is the COMPANY'S loss not yours! And remember, what goes around, comes around!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36357026724840688122013-02-05T22:38:19.007-05:002013-02-05T22:38:19.007-05:00I heard they are budgeted for the third quarter if...I heard they are budgeted for the third quarter if earnings aren't where they are supposed to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5704717653306134952013-02-05T22:25:01.097-05:002013-02-05T22:25:01.097-05:00I doubt anyone is left on the blog with enough clo...I doubt anyone is left on the blog with enough clout to know but I suppose it's worth a try.<br /><br />Has anyone gotten any word about furloughs? Management keeps dancing around the question but I'd really like to know what the prospects are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83927961672100905902013-02-05T22:14:14.311-05:002013-02-05T22:14:14.311-05:00@1002 Truly sorry for your job loss and certainly ...@1002 Truly sorry for your job loss and certainly hope you find a far better situation soon.<br /><br />When you do - and I'm sure you will - make it a point never to make this mistake again:<br /><br />- "I gave every second of my day to the company. Gannett was my life and my family."<br /><br />No company, certainly not this one, deserves every second of your day. No company Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30011957538350602822013-02-05T22:02:03.428-05:002013-02-05T22:02:03.428-05:00Whether it is pizza or cake, or just a plain "... Whether it is pizza or cake, or just a plain "thank you," everyone is just looking for respect. Respect for a job well done & our sacrifice and commitment to the company. Sometimes pizza & cake are a symbolic and small way of saying thank you, for those that are not very eloquent or savvy to find the right words. But I see that people are now thinking of "pizza & Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72691650002278279592013-02-05T21:20:59.305-05:002013-02-05T21:20:59.305-05:00Scanning the Newseum front pages, the Wisconsin pa...Scanning the Newseum front pages, the Wisconsin papers were the most obvious--same graphics, etc. But many of the big USCP properties used the package as a CP or at least started it on page 1. Apparently there was no big news in some of those big cities yesterday. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-867487816965484012013-02-05T20:57:56.104-05:002013-02-05T20:57:56.104-05:00We will never hear from Des Moines site.
Too afrai...We will never hear from Des Moines site.<br />Too afraid of L.H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87698278832245563692013-02-05T20:14:06.911-05:002013-02-05T20:14:06.911-05:00God forbid the chiefs sacrifice anything. Keep cut...God forbid the chiefs sacrifice anything. Keep cutting the Indians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48383782301453111772013-02-05T20:08:56.004-05:002013-02-05T20:08:56.004-05:00On my block it is one in seventeen.On my block it is one in seventeen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com