tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2962848497699700596..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Kicking ethics aside, Gannett launches jobs seriesJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83763311673220048722011-01-10T14:55:23.859-05:002011-01-10T14:55:23.859-05:00He's asking a "Why not?" question. Y...He's asking a "Why not?" question. You or anyone else could contact Gannett and try to find out. Why are you posting here when you could be answering the question?<br /><br />You and the other lemming trolls should step up to the plate once in a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82188235341161138962011-01-10T14:15:58.571-05:002011-01-10T14:15:58.571-05:00The 1:57 PM comment is downright childish...typica...The 1:57 PM comment is downright childish...typical of the shills who cannot support their points in an intelligent manner because their logic lacks intelligence...<br />Jim's question is simple and would help us understand what was done...why weren't readers told that their Gannett newspaper was referring them to other Gannett companies in hopes of making a profit? <br />Do Gannett Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20948485549437479732011-01-10T14:07:44.962-05:002011-01-10T14:07:44.962-05:0011:34 -- Many media companies disclose their owner...11:34 -- Many media companies disclose their ownership ties. For instance, when CNET (owned by CBS) reviews or reports on items that are also CBS owned, it generally makes note of that. <br /><br />Gannett is not REQUIRED to do this. But if you are asking whether such disclosure would be prudent, the answer is, "Yes." That said, my Gannett property has never made its relationship with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4913494928702451312011-01-10T13:57:48.119-05:002011-01-10T13:57:48.119-05:00The people complaining about this are the same peo...The people complaining about this are the same people who think they are always on the verge of taking down someone official. In reality, they cannot write a 4-inch brief without major editing.<br /><br />That goes for you, too, Jim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86944070742851242022011-01-10T13:14:54.398-05:002011-01-10T13:14:54.398-05:00Good point, 1:06.Good point, 1:06.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15866647413631931372011-01-10T13:06:17.838-05:002011-01-10T13:06:17.838-05:00Hey Jim - beyond your google research on the simil...Hey Jim - beyond your google research on the similar language in the publisher letters, I suspect the generic email address in the Visalia letter (publisher@gannett.com) was in fact a placeholder in the company form-letter, meant to be replaced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49884789670306302011-01-10T12:56:25.662-05:002011-01-10T12:56:25.662-05:0011:34 Repeating what I wrote above: Gannett doesn&...11:34 Repeating what I wrote above: Gannett doesn't identify itself as the majority owner of CareerBuilder on these CB pages. Why not?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52950443324736422082011-01-10T12:35:00.956-05:002011-01-10T12:35:00.956-05:00My partner is a retired engineer from an electric ...My partner is a retired engineer from an electric and gas utility. He receives plain-vanilla pension checks.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77000764359782277212011-01-10T11:57:10.825-05:002011-01-10T11:57:10.825-05:00Still waiting for the disclosure by Jim of who &qu...Still waiting for the disclosure by Jim of who "owns" this blog....ie what company is writing the check to the partner who make this all possible. Full disclosure and all that, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37793050027914749782011-01-10T11:34:28.498-05:002011-01-10T11:34:28.498-05:00So let me get this straight, any time Gannett writ...So let me get this straight, any time Gannett writes a movie review and then links to the movie times on Metromix it should also say Metromix is owned by Gannett?<br /><br />Maybe every link to Metromix and Careerbuilder should include a mouseover link that says "Also wned by the Evil Empire".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16740998188595651012011-01-10T11:26:12.329-05:002011-01-10T11:26:12.329-05:006:51 -- If those paper were going to take this rou...6:51 -- If those paper were going to take this route to its logical extreme, I would argue that their closure did very little harm. Businesses close all the time, and people get different jobs. A newspaper that's not adhering to reasonable journalistic standards, is simply money making machine and we have plenty of those already. If your argument is that a paper should be able to do whatever Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23614621979042416252011-01-10T07:16:32.990-05:002011-01-10T07:16:32.990-05:00So? Well, it strikes me we are inexorably moving t...So? Well, it strikes me we are inexorably moving towards centralization of our news operations and a complete ending of local control. You may not think this really matters, but I would like to note this is a company that was built and flourished on local newspapers. You can also see the cost-savings corporate has in mind with centralized editing of a universal story. But what this concept Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63188869563292280302011-01-10T06:51:49.757-05:002011-01-10T06:51:49.757-05:00Weird. I was just reading the Rocky Mountain News,...Weird. I was just reading the Rocky Mountain News, the Honolulu Advertiser, and the Tuscon Citizen. They had some fabulous coverage on why a newspaper should ignore measly dollars and instead focus on no-holds-barred, ivory-tower journalism, no matter what the cost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72091218716288645212011-01-10T00:57:03.256-05:002011-01-10T00:57:03.256-05:00It's sad to see newspaper employees actually d...It's sad to see newspaper employees actually defending this project. To the person who said complaints about things like this are grounded in thinking from the "last century": You are right only if you mean the 20th century. In other words, the century that we are only a decade removed from. <br /><br />Objectivity and accountability in newspapers is a relatively recent trend. EarlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90800115450787471452011-01-09T23:45:27.620-05:002011-01-09T23:45:27.620-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75729909265806151962011-01-09T23:43:40.324-05:002011-01-09T23:43:40.324-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81848571247512852182011-01-09T23:23:15.310-05:002011-01-09T23:23:15.310-05:00I agree with those who think this is an outrageous...I agree with those who think this is an outrageous move that erodes the traditional wall between editorial and commercial departments. But I also would like to comment that the story I read was also incredibly thin and weak. I guess that is because the source is one central authority, but the coverage could have been improved immeasurably by putting in some local color.<br />For those who don'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65391231954792753752011-01-09T22:38:40.166-05:002011-01-09T22:38:40.166-05:00So Gannett newspapers are guilty of a) jointly cov...So Gannett newspapers are guilty of a) jointly covering a topic of universal and topical interest with b) shared resources and c) in the process link to a Gannett subsidiary that could help readers at no cost to themselves? If these misguided newsrooms did everything else the same but somewhere disclosed that CareerBuilder is a GCI unit, would that be kosher? An editor would have kicked your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36343415523900541572011-01-09T22:05:34.170-05:002011-01-09T22:05:34.170-05:00Targeting the unemployed with advertising is yet a...Targeting the unemployed with advertising is yet another brain-dead move by Gannett. Do they have money to spend? No!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86196252037275309892011-01-09T20:30:13.974-05:002011-01-09T20:30:13.974-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24620930642515204872011-01-09T19:25:06.062-05:002011-01-09T19:25:06.062-05:00Let's thank Jim for providing this forum so we...Let's thank Jim for providing this forum so we can engage in this civilized discourse (mostly). Agree Jim took an approach that was less than objective, sometimes he does that but most times not. And I don't see anything wrong with trying to attract eyeballs and ads with this jobs project. That shouldn't stop reporters and editors from being reporters and editors. Things only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45346411318372530772011-01-09T19:01:42.663-05:002011-01-09T19:01:42.663-05:00A Journal News reader posted a link to this site i...A Journal News reader posted a link to this site in the Comments section of its Job Series article. JN removed it. As of 6:49, the persistent reader re-posted the link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89209078000431942072011-01-09T16:52:19.246-05:002011-01-09T16:52:19.246-05:003:50 you've named the usual suspects, St Pete ...3:50 you've named the usual suspects, St Pete doesn't count. You've got eight more to name. Public for profits only. <br /><br />By the way the Times has many detractors . WSJ well there is one for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33369095423036418692011-01-09T15:57:34.607-05:002011-01-09T15:57:34.607-05:00My post may have been overly inflammatory in the &...My post may have been overly inflammatory in the "lockstep" language.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78945382626645336742011-01-09T15:50:20.649-05:002011-01-09T15:50:20.649-05:00Good grief, spare me the poor Gannett crap.
If GC...Good grief, spare me the poor Gannett crap. <br />If GCI had a few wins to celebrate, it wouldn't be such an easy target for detractors. <br />Its problem is its out-of-sync management, which continues to take high salaries and large bonuses despite its abysmal performance. And no, they shouldn't count cutting thousands of jobs as an accomplishment. Well-trained monkeys can do that. <br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com