tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post255251680931707493..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Memo: Gannett establishing national news deskJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89649346294767363842012-05-05T13:55:07.444-04:002012-05-05T13:55:07.444-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73261275123692680312012-03-17T18:07:43.746-04:002012-03-17T18:07:43.746-04:00I sure some underutilized Digital dweeb will have ...I sure some underutilized Digital dweeb will have a prominent role in this. Like other digital wunderkind, they have no clue how actual reporters and newsrooms operate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66154834523670018472012-03-16T23:36:11.408-04:002012-03-16T23:36:11.408-04:00Another concept that looksngoodnon an easel board ...Another concept that looksngoodnon an easel board to rationalize more local job cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21623918243068286512012-03-16T02:41:18.674-04:002012-03-16T02:41:18.674-04:00Some additional information here ... you know each...Some additional information here ... you know each paper pays Gannett for the Gannett news feed they get? Part of it goes to AP for retransmission fees, but that should go away once each site is running NewsGate. And, what each site pays Gannett for this news feed isn't cheap ... it's about 50 percent of what each site pays AP. We're talking a lot of money.<br /><br />So there's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9537289533562167982012-03-16T02:32:33.508-04:002012-03-16T02:32:33.508-04:001:32 is correct. Back in March 1982, when the comp...1:32 is correct. Back in March 1982, when the company slogan was, "A world of different voices where freedom speaks," Gannett published <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Bvgq128NGX4C&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Gannett+a+world+where+different+voices+speak&source=bl&ots=1vJknktupR&sig=pBOxXWUzIW2TCYzmzupkLUEzLFY&hl=en&ei=wsOqS7GMBMeUtgebt-CpBQ&sa=X&Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26423081790798138222012-03-16T01:32:20.484-04:002012-03-16T01:32:20.484-04:00This is not a fraud or a sales job.
Whether the p...This is not a fraud or a sales job.<br /><br />Whether the papers like it or not, this is the ultimate bigfoot. No longer will local editors be able to move national stories around their newspaper, or their website.<br /><br />Everything Gannett spent decades celebrating, namely a world of different voices, is now becoming what anti-chain critics always feared. One voice, one view of the news, noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86894998179239877272012-03-16T00:48:16.849-04:002012-03-16T00:48:16.849-04:00I'm glad they're calling it The Desk inste...I'm glad they're calling it The Desk instead of something like the National Information Center. Maybe one of 'em will notice that LIC is just as lame as NIC would be. 'Newsroom' works out here in the real world and it's what we all say, except for a few scattered Stepfords who feel they must obey (you know who you are...). You can fix that LIC embarrassment with one, quickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20127841148481087702012-03-15T23:04:58.298-04:002012-03-15T23:04:58.298-04:00Plan is just reshuffling of staff and resources.
I...Plan is just reshuffling of staff and resources.<br />It won't save time -- local reporters localize national content.<br />No site save for maybe Phoenix or Indy has anyone dedicated to wire copy. The person doing it spends less than 1% of their time doing so. So no money saved or bodies to cut Jim.<br /><br />This just looks like another attempt to create a story to sell to Wall Street. ButAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19670007023981360262012-03-15T23:00:34.456-04:002012-03-15T23:00:34.456-04:00Jim:
You're right, it doesn't create more...Jim:<br /> You're right, it doesn't create more time to do local work. Community staffs already are focusing on local content and enterprise. They don't have staff or time to do any national work and depend upon Gannett or AP for the content what little they get to use because newshole is so tight. <br /><br />Maybe Phoenix or Indy still has these positions -- wire editors who do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10896483787863412932012-03-15T21:48:09.981-04:002012-03-15T21:48:09.981-04:00Jim wrote: "What's more, this is all comi...Jim wrote: "What's more, this is all coming as buyouts are being considered for hundreds of newspaper workers in newsrooms and other departments. Unless those people are replaced, the net result will be fewer local wire jobs PLUS fewer local reporting jobs.<br /><br />"How will that translate into "more time to concentrate on local coverage with impact and depth"?"--<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29305559980263644352012-03-15T21:46:51.544-04:002012-03-15T21:46:51.544-04:00Wonder if this goes along with the paper that was ...Wonder if this goes along with the paper that was recently handed out to the hubs to let the higher-ups know how much time we spend designing pages with wire copy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10362573867653692582012-03-15T21:46:05.558-04:002012-03-15T21:46:05.558-04:00Deck chairs! Hunke...have another single malt!Deck chairs! Hunke...have another single malt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59250139848607803522012-03-15T19:31:25.124-04:002012-03-15T19:31:25.124-04:00That's exactly right about the opportunity for...That's exactly right about the opportunity for "more time" to produce stories....I don't see it unless the infamous "they" create more jobs. And we know that G A N N E T T isn't about that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55756774052128952002012-03-15T17:59:40.189-04:002012-03-15T17:59:40.189-04:00Pretty simple really: community newspapers will co...Pretty simple really: community newspapers will cover their communities which is why people buy those newspapers. They don't buy it for national sports results or news stories you get hours earlier and better. Memo to community papers, start covering your stuff.<br />Oh, and the design studios are where it's at. Especially for jobs. Hope you like what we give you, because that is it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42863167189862564462012-03-15T16:46:54.896-04:002012-03-15T16:46:54.896-04:00I keep focusing on this sentence from the memo: &q...I keep focusing on this sentence from the memo: "For community journalists it means <i>more time</i> to concentrate on local coverage with impact and depth." (Emphasis is mine.)<br /><br />I wrote earlier at 3:38 that this national desk, combined with the page production hubs, would mean wire-editing/page production jobs could be eliminated at the local level, rather than eliminating, Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71264446651006456132012-03-15T16:24:50.404-04:002012-03-15T16:24:50.404-04:00What a farce.What a farce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66077431520705245232012-03-15T09:15:25.916-04:002012-03-15T09:15:25.916-04:008:26 a.m.: Community papers already carry USAT sto...8:26 a.m.: Community papers already carry USAT stories on a USAT branded Nation/World page dropped straight in the news section and USAT branded sports pages dropped in the sports section. It's glaringly obvious, too, because the USAT pages don't match the fonts or layout in the rest of the paper.<br />USAT seems to be depending more on community papers to provide content, too. One Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41843998719952642012-03-15T08:26:16.000-04:002012-03-15T08:26:16.000-04:00If this works, and that's a huge if, community...If this works, and that's a huge if, community papers will carry USAT stories, which means there will be even fewer reasons to buy that fading paper. Or, local readers will be annoyed that the Stepford pages are squeezing out even more local news, which means fewer people will buy the USCP papers. Classic Gannett -- it's a lose-lose proposition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64130743425064572332012-03-15T08:22:12.355-04:002012-03-15T08:22:12.355-04:00And the first, hire another executive! Is that che...And the first, hire another executive! Is that cheering or groaning I hear from the trenches?Furloughed Furynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77342071700651193132012-03-15T00:48:24.926-04:002012-03-15T00:48:24.926-04:00USCP is U.S. Community Publishing, the name since ...USCP is U.S. Community Publishing, the name since 2008 for the domestic newspaper division.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38290029083771036062012-03-15T00:16:30.160-04:002012-03-15T00:16:30.160-04:00A cross divisional steering committee reporting to...A cross divisional steering committee reporting to a director. five managers needed to shovel crap, one to package it and a third to coordinate this mess, <br /><br />Anothern,halfbaked idea paramount at GCI. Maybe we can we get Some fashion forward 20 something to guide us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75300906477479834612012-03-15T00:01:06.865-04:002012-03-15T00:01:06.865-04:00Exactly right on both counts: this allows more job...Exactly right on both counts: this allows more job cuts at the community paper newsrooms, and that number is far, far too high if you are looking at people who actually produce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85886241717525479502012-03-14T21:53:01.198-04:002012-03-14T21:53:01.198-04:00Jim's impression of what the desk is expected ...Jim's impression of what the desk is expected to do is correct. Eliminate the need for wire editors and copy ediitors assembling inside pages.<br /><br />I take exception to the number of journalists at the company. The actual number of can do reporters is in the hundreds,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38128193128543810442012-03-14T21:50:34.301-04:002012-03-14T21:50:34.301-04:00Who comes up with this shit? The Hometown Avantage...Who comes up with this shit? The Hometown Avantage team? What a bunch of crackers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34053363347238945442012-03-14T21:49:17.652-04:002012-03-14T21:49:17.652-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com