tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2640232270606422091..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: May 2-8 | Your News & Comments: Part 3Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35138199326215832282011-05-09T19:55:45.670-04:002011-05-09T19:55:45.670-04:00I left my job a couple of months ago now - but my ...I left my job a couple of months ago now - but my name and old job title are still printed every issue. I'm really not surprised they're taking their time deleting voice mail accounts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44771182055439083062011-05-09T12:13:06.825-04:002011-05-09T12:13:06.825-04:00Jeffrey Wilks did absolutley nothing during his ti...Jeffrey Wilks did absolutley nothing during his time at USAT other than writing long-winded, cliche and jargon-filled e-mails. Probably pulled them directly from a text book.<br /><br />Good riddance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21371019346547051772011-05-09T08:04:04.767-04:002011-05-09T08:04:04.767-04:00Here is a clear powerpoint discussion of cross ver...Here is a clear powerpoint discussion of cross verticals:<br />http://www.opentravel.org/Resources/Uploads/PDF/CrossVertical.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40425780966467936052011-05-09T07:14:04.392-04:002011-05-09T07:14:04.392-04:00A cross vertical is a vertical with a horizontal c...A cross vertical is a vertical with a horizontal crossing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10863280748447953172011-05-08T23:41:50.965-04:002011-05-08T23:41:50.965-04:00WTF is a cross vertical? Im still trying to figure...WTF is a cross vertical? Im still trying to figure out what a vertical is. And what all those vertical managers do all day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51603429004727344222011-05-07T01:46:45.387-04:002011-05-07T01:46:45.387-04:00Adopting a competitor's name - The Press? Thos...Adopting a competitor's name - The Press? Those Asbury Park execs must be idiots!<br />05/06/2011 1:53PM<br /><br />Gosh, 1:53, what made you think such a thing?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50890801053892602202011-05-06T13:53:11.570-04:002011-05-06T13:53:11.570-04:00Adopting a competitor's name - The Press? Thos...Adopting a competitor's name - The Press? Those Asbury Park execs must be idiots!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-70027447775083657262011-05-06T09:01:10.843-04:002011-05-06T09:01:10.843-04:00I love all this USA Today drama. Shit should be a ...I love all this USA Today drama. Shit should be a reality TV show!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58753456924760656582011-05-06T05:36:16.698-04:002011-05-06T05:36:16.698-04:00Frank may be a complete joke as is her nonsense sh...Frank may be a complete joke as is her nonsense she calls consumer media but at least she wears a stupid smile and pretends to work on her weekly trips to manhattan so she can join her vertical pals shopping and going to the opera. As for the reporters? Who wouldn't want to move over and get away as fast as one can from the Usa Today terrible trio of the missing in action Hillkirk, teh Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33064324088316646232011-05-06T04:30:48.342-04:002011-05-06T04:30:48.342-04:00All of the vertical managers do as little as possi...All of the vertical managers do as little as possible. Allegro is a babe, nothing more. Matt Greenberg does nothing all day. Heather shops on line, lunches and makes demands, like offices for all of her out of work friends hired for unspecified *jobs*. She is sucking the lifeblood from an already thin and demoralized reporting staff. A major mutiny is brewing. People are sick of her bullshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6825440765933258462011-05-05T23:18:34.030-04:002011-05-05T23:18:34.030-04:00This is all depressing.This is all depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90181845630543935302011-05-05T23:09:38.826-04:002011-05-05T23:09:38.826-04:00The Asbury Park Press overlaps some coverage with ...The Asbury Park Press overlaps some coverage with the Press of Atlantic City, which has branded itself as The Press for ages. Now APP is calling itself ThePress, too? Awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28705389338929073102011-05-05T23:03:33.947-04:002011-05-05T23:03:33.947-04:00Although not yet announced, Brodey is out as Your ...Although not yet announced, Brodey is out as Your Life GM (and has been for a while) and now has a cross-vertical, women's audience role to help foster partnerships and sales in that area. Christine Allegro, also ex-AOL (video and account management), is the new GM for YourLife. All are former colleagues and close personal friends of Ms. Frank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86233907899982826922011-05-05T22:39:30.484-04:002011-05-05T22:39:30.484-04:00At the site I work at the Online person and IT per...At the site I work at the Online person and IT person were let go almost 3 years ago, both of the phones ring at least 4 times a day and both phones indicate that messages are waiting. Hope noone is still waiting on help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26903125059389531752011-05-05T21:38:09.996-04:002011-05-05T21:38:09.996-04:00More, more, more
How do you like it, how do you li...More, more, more<br />How do you like it, how do you like it<br />More, more, more<br />How do you like it, how do you like it<br />More, more, more<br />How do you like it, how do you like it<br /><br /><br />But if you want to know<br />How I really feel<br />Just get the cameras rolling<br />Get the action going<br />Baby you know my love for you is real<br />Take me where you want to<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54556400918469426632011-05-05T21:35:28.403-04:002011-05-05T21:35:28.403-04:00How many VPs do you need to run it? Seems like the...How many VPs do you need to run it? Seems like they need more, more, more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46224103614638107432011-05-05T20:56:36.817-04:002011-05-05T20:56:36.817-04:00It is craziness at USA Today right now. Wilkes ind...It is craziness at USA Today right now. Wilkes indeed is gone. There is desperation in the 'vertical' air. <br /><br />New top-level appointees don't know the product and are full of feel-good mumbo-jumbo (Wilkes was nothing but empty management rhetoric). Rudd Davis is just as foolish but he's in L.A. chortling at his foe Wilkes leaving.<br /><br />Heather Frank at least knows Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33445321130834051972011-05-05T19:42:06.599-04:002011-05-05T19:42:06.599-04:00So Hunke finally grew a pair of balls. Maryan hang...So Hunke finally grew a pair of balls. Maryan hanging on one side and Banikarim hanging on the other side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18345843661844051062011-05-05T19:38:58.816-04:002011-05-05T19:38:58.816-04:00David L. Hunke decapitated tweedle dumb (Jeff Wilk...David L. Hunke decapitated tweedle dumb (Jeff Wilkes) on Tuesday. Now let us hope David L. Hunke decapitates tweedle dumber (Lee Jones) soon. Major salaries to good old boys and best chums/chumps who did nothing but fly back and forth from Madison Avenue and increase their frequent guest points at the Ritz CarltonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84507012432599729912011-05-05T18:42:41.066-04:002011-05-05T18:42:41.066-04:00I noted on this board about two months ago that st...I noted on this board about two months ago that strange things were going on with these new verticals, and we had a series of announcements of new things that never came to fruition. Someone commented that I needed to wait and see.<br />Well, I've waited and seen. Still nothing. I guess some in corporate may also have noted that nothing much has come from these verticals. Or, at least, they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87045472659326879832011-05-05T18:16:48.571-04:002011-05-05T18:16:48.571-04:00My manager was laid off and three weeks later call...My manager was laid off and three weeks later called to ask me to tell IT to please shut of his email account..... Not so bad you think? It was when he still had access to it on his smart phone. And no. They didn't shut off the work line that was also on that phone.<br /><br />The moral of this story: It's Gannett. Not a real company. Of course Wilks phone hasn't been shut off Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71458752005112486882011-05-05T17:51:55.602-04:002011-05-05T17:51:55.602-04:005:45PM---Yes I call my old number and say--------&...5:45PM---Yes I call my old number and say--------"Whazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz up?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1733629900523707322011-05-05T17:45:12.878-04:002011-05-05T17:45:12.878-04:005:28---Have you left yourself a message?5:28---Have you left yourself a message?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53999861945416227152011-05-05T17:28:38.725-04:002011-05-05T17:28:38.725-04:00I left Gannett 4 months ago and my voice mail stil...I left Gannett 4 months ago and my voice mail still works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32772437613211729452011-05-05T16:47:48.515-04:002011-05-05T16:47:48.515-04:003:44 What else came out of that meeting with Hunke...3:44 What else came out of that meeting with Hunke and Maryam?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.com