tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2705112670304785247..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Aug. 1-7 | Your News & Comments: Part 1Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27136466027599637402011-08-03T11:46:37.826-04:002011-08-03T11:46:37.826-04:006:36 raises some good points. The newbies talk the...6:36 raises some good points. The newbies talk the talk, but that is it. There are fundamental problems with the product. Just two or three stories on page fronts with little news value. Structural problems with post transformation management, a poorly though out verticals strategy. I could go on. But you have to fix the basics before you go out and hire "experts" for non descript jobs,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14834971027408596912011-08-03T09:46:42.079-04:002011-08-03T09:46:42.079-04:006:36,
I think most people at USAT recognize we nee...6:36,<br />I think most people at USAT recognize we need change, but the way this crew has gone about it has been all wrong. They've treated legacy employees like diseases while they strut around thinking they have all the answers. If they had ANY answers, they'd still be employed at their former companies. They're all cast-offs from other firms who didn't think they could cut Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56614423385958163632011-08-02T21:22:17.975-04:002011-08-02T21:22:17.975-04:00Maryam has been in Gannett long enough to have don...Maryam has been in Gannett long enough to have done Something. Yet, nothing is coming out of that office that is the least bit innovative. We are so screwed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55378545024479771212011-08-02T08:16:08.911-04:002011-08-02T08:16:08.911-04:00Or maybe Maryam just gave Robin a new staff.Or maybe Maryam just gave Robin a new staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87723501179129723132011-08-01T22:21:51.938-04:002011-08-01T22:21:51.938-04:00Jim, Maryam Banikarim first fired Micek's pred...Jim, Maryam Banikarim first fired Micek's predecessor, and then Ed Cassidy.<br />Let me guess, she has a new PR/event person from NBC joining USAT soon?<br />Ed did not deserve this. <br /><br />I have never seen so many people show up on this blog with such outpouring of disgust over the firing of a single employee. People love Ed. Advertisers love Ed. The media loves Ed. He was a loyal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79598071083202407032011-08-01T19:00:05.905-04:002011-08-01T19:00:05.905-04:00A. 8/01/2011 11:22 AM asks:
How did Carolyn Washb...A. 8/01/2011 11:22 AM asks: <br />How did Carolyn Washburn ever get into the news business?<br /><br /> By being the nastiest, most abusive bully I have ever seen in a business setting. I left rather than work for her when I was finally presented with that option. Nothing you could say would be too strong. She has no knowledge, skill or talent, but that isn't what anyone is looking for at theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57360431814225647592011-08-01T18:36:15.342-04:002011-08-01T18:36:15.342-04:005:57 I will tell you what you can Look forward to....5:57 I will tell you what you can Look forward to.....change! Whatever we've been doing has been a failure. It's time for new directions or it's over. The haters will continue to hate and quite frankly should get out, but they won't. This whole new team is going to ruffle feathers. Sorry but aren't we all tired of failure and layoffs? Let's rally around anyone with a new Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32360970984971253812011-08-01T18:25:37.142-04:002011-08-01T18:25:37.142-04:00Have to hand it to CD, who says nothing in these n...Have to hand it to CD, who says nothing in these notes to the troops missives. Still unclear what he is saying, if anything. At least he has cut most of the useless jargon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56225738933613467352011-08-01T18:23:47.041-04:002011-08-01T18:23:47.041-04:004:21 thanks for the belly laugh. Folks should be o...4:21 thanks for the belly laugh. Folks should be outraged about the Religion Blog! Oh good one!!!! I needed that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-884953611327620982011-08-01T17:57:14.411-04:002011-08-01T17:57:14.411-04:00So, less than six weeks after Sandra Cordova Micek...So, less than six weeks after Sandra Cordova Micek was made SVP over USA Today marketing, she's already claimed her first scalp.<br /><br />Nice.<br /><br />I wonder what we can now look forward to from Chief Marketing Officer Maryam Banikarim? After all, it was Banikarim who brought Micek into the mix in the first place.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22618063134090904802011-08-01T16:55:36.757-04:002011-08-01T16:55:36.757-04:00SPOT ON, 11:15 am!
Anonymous said...
It'...SPOT ON, 11:15 am!<br /><br />Anonymous said...<br /><br /> It's hard to imagine a company as self-destructive as Gannett. With a couple of exceptions, its newspapers, most of which were never any good under Gannett ownership, are simply awful. Why would anyone want to buy them? Why would anyone want to advertise in them? And why would anyone want to work for them? News people seem to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19474551242842427902011-08-01T16:54:04.541-04:002011-08-01T16:54:04.541-04:00A new missive from CDB dropped on Gannettoids this...A new missive from CDB dropped on Gannettoids this afternoon. It outlines the "strategic initiatives" the Blasted Crystal Palace is pursuing. <br /><br />CDB raves about DealChicken and how successful it's been in Phoenix and cites it as an example of "how we (Gannett) are evolving not only our business, but also our culture to do things differently and work together as one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54462333590619752132011-08-01T16:41:07.328-04:002011-08-01T16:41:07.328-04:00Dubow has now spoken ...
A Message From:
Craig ...Dubow has now spoken ...<br /><br />A Message From:<br /> <br />Craig A. Dubow<br />Chairman <br />Chief Executive Officer <br /> <br /> <br />I want to take this opportunity to give you an update on the strategic plans we are undertaking to position Gannett for long-term success. <br /> <br />As a 100-plus year-old news and information company, our footprint in our communities is solidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-424535277314700572011-08-01T16:21:08.457-04:002011-08-01T16:21:08.457-04:00Anyone who is older, has core competency and quest...Anyone who is older, has core competency and questions The Man (or woman) is shit out of luck these days. Cathy lee Grossman's reward for speaking out vs. Dave Hunke? They pulled her religion blog, one of the most popular at Usa Today. This place is going into the toilet, faster than a moist turd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69759290714608833492011-08-01T16:12:11.506-04:002011-08-01T16:12:11.506-04:00I hope they at least gave Ed a number to call so t...I hope they at least gave Ed a number to call so that he could get any of his questions about the severance package answered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34346081771180923872011-08-01T15:43:00.365-04:002011-08-01T15:43:00.365-04:00All of the class acts from GCI and USAT in McLean ...All of the class acts from GCI and USAT in McLean were canned or are gone. That characterization no longer exists with what remains in Crystal Palace today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20090239711116761992011-08-01T15:41:16.648-04:002011-08-01T15:41:16.648-04:00@3:13. That's just cruel, your post will be d...@3:13. That's just cruel, your post will be down before many read it hopefully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29814826280292444642011-08-01T15:22:42.439-04:002011-08-01T15:22:42.439-04:00I didn't know Ed Cassidy, but I have heard he ...I didn't know Ed Cassidy, but I have heard he organized many great events for Hunke and the ad team. He is one more example of a professional who turned into a number rather than a name. They just wanted to cut a cost. The same happened in circulation as Tom Kelly, VP of West cut two longterm producing sales managers in Phoenix and Seattle. The company is top heavy and making desperate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17973431537902942372011-08-01T15:13:10.942-04:002011-08-01T15:13:10.942-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68225409824032072952011-08-01T14:48:13.730-04:002011-08-01T14:48:13.730-04:00Don't know Mr. Cassidy, but the way he was tre...Don't know Mr. Cassidy, but the way he was treated is shameful. The people who let him go have no class - or management 101 skills. Just another clue about how they run the company. Still, Gannett never really had any good old days. Neuharth, Curley, Watson, Currie, Silverman and Neuharth's pets at Freedom Forum, Overby, Paulson, Blake are manipulative, spiteful. They are surrounded by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24548927351434798962011-08-01T14:28:33.748-04:002011-08-01T14:28:33.748-04:00Washburn is a top editor because she is a coward, ...Washburn is a top editor because she is a coward, a bully and a toad. She has no friends. Some fear her because that's how she operates but few who work in her newsroom respect her. Gannett likes her because she drops the axe on staff without questioning her bosses. Then she hides at home on firing day. She used to host holiday parties for staffers at her home and made people sign in. There Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71084294647418415272011-08-01T14:22:29.101-04:002011-08-01T14:22:29.101-04:00" Anyone ever gone from print (and web) to br..." Anyone ever gone from print (and web) to broadcast? ..."<br /><br />Where have you been for the last, oh, 20 years? Print reporters making this transition is par for the course now -- in news, business and ESPECIALLY sports. Any sportswriter in a reasonably sized city metro can get their own radio show.<br /><br />As for training: Talk on the radio like you talk to your friends. TV Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72533092303410309092011-08-01T14:15:59.674-04:002011-08-01T14:15:59.674-04:00Hunke is too busy hiring people out of their eleme...Hunke is too busy hiring people out of their element for jobs that defy description to worry about doing the right thing. Thanks, Dave. Once again, your tone deaf cluelessness is spot on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59749510779351317642011-08-01T14:13:54.712-04:002011-08-01T14:13:54.712-04:00Ed is a class act and his departure leaves a huge ...Ed is a class act and his departure leaves a huge void for USA TODAY. His knowledge and reputation with clients is unparalled. Now that he no longer has to deal with the USA TODAY chaos he can work for a company that will appreciate his efforts and expertise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2202186423960362562011-08-01T14:05:20.132-04:002011-08-01T14:05:20.132-04:00Ed was a very good man who gave the best years of ...Ed was a very good man who gave the best years of his life to The Nation's Newspaper. Little did he know that the title upgrades and salary increases he accepted through the years, in exchange for his loyal service, would someday place him into a setting where his position would be sacrificed to pay for a VP/Buzzword and his duties given to someone making half as much as he did.<br /><br />NoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com