tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post348942804900533386..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: At Gannett, 'furloughs but nice paydays for brass'Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18895264268495415432011-04-15T12:33:12.893-04:002011-04-15T12:33:12.893-04:00Quit bitching and unionize. In all honesty, no one...Quit bitching and unionize. In all honesty, no one wants the hassle of being in a union, but you see what the alternative is, right? You'll be left to the tender mercies of Dubow & Co.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22641639154258176142011-04-11T19:41:10.501-04:002011-04-11T19:41:10.501-04:0011:49, I couldn't have stated it better if I t...11:49, I couldn't have stated it better if I tried. This is all just wrong on so many levels. Maybe Dubow and company will come to their senses and stop the next furlough that's scheduled for the second quarter and take the money from their paychecks instead. God knows they can afford to do it and it would be a noble gesture on their part to show the world that they're willing to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27257876205067269242011-04-11T17:57:57.910-04:002011-04-11T17:57:57.910-04:00"Hey, Gracia, we just made The New York Times..."Hey, Gracia, we just made The New York Times!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58906870197518051782011-04-11T11:49:44.694-04:002011-04-11T11:49:44.694-04:0011:05 -- The concept of balanced journalism has al...11:05 -- The concept of balanced journalism has always been more talk than anything. The mere act of writing and editing a story (in affect filtering the "important" facts from the "unimportant") ensures bias. After all, what one reporter and editor sees as important another may not. <br /><br />Frankly, I don't see anything wrong with that. Since it is impossible to writeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89339364324635528212011-04-11T11:14:41.659-04:002011-04-11T11:14:41.659-04:00At the same time the Republic has been running sto...At the same time the Republic has been running stories about the Fiesta Bowl, and minimizing Zidich's role in that clusterf^@k they excoriated the state legislator for its lack of transparency in passing the state budget and a series or bills backed by the White Right. The criticism was valid but extremely hypocritical given the paper's efforts to avoid transparency on Zidich's role Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56774778309542872562011-04-11T11:05:15.077-04:002011-04-11T11:05:15.077-04:00Carr is as guilty as any other journalist out ther...Carr is as guilty as any other journalist out there who writes a one sided story and does not give the readers balanced and fair information. No wonder readership is down. Newspaper readership in the rest of the world is growing and in the U.S. it's shrinking. Maybe we have just lost our focus on how to write fair stories. Except for the few brave souls who truly still believe in recording Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61582403423869472702011-04-11T10:56:48.962-04:002011-04-11T10:56:48.962-04:00The Arizona Republic has run stories on excessive ...The Arizona Republic has run stories on excessive compensation of public sector employees/managers, retirement double-dipping, that sort of thing here in Phoenix. And their current articles about the Fiesta Bowl's problems (tries to) delicately skirt the fact that their own CEO/publisher sits on the Fiesta Bowl's board. As the head of ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism said Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71958913766771272052011-04-11T10:39:12.006-04:002011-04-11T10:39:12.006-04:00Reference to this story was also on WTOP this morn...Reference to this story was also on WTOP this morning http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/morning_call/2011/04/huge-bonuses-for-gannett-execs.html#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79890632880069551622011-04-11T09:31:53.912-04:002011-04-11T09:31:53.912-04:00I've worked for several of the large newspaper...I've worked for several of the large newspaper chains and thought that Carr's piece was timely and well done. Of course he works for a competitor. Would anyone really expect Gannett to sanction a no-holds-barred critical examination by one of its own reporters, as the Washington Post did Sunday? Not enough can be written about the brutal and selfish conduct of Gannett management. If Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-88268705204675064312011-04-11T09:14:54.929-04:002011-04-11T09:14:54.929-04:00Carr, nobody cares about your personal beef with y...Carr, nobody cares about your personal beef with your competitor, Gannett.<br />Sadly, this is hardly news. Get inline behind NYT, WashPo, TimeWarner, AOL (the worst in layoffs and exec comp), and every other American company out there. But you focus on your biggest competitor only...who is eating your lunch in revenue and financial performance?<br /><br /> Carr's credibility would have been Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-670797623772150622011-04-11T08:57:27.974-04:002011-04-11T08:57:27.974-04:00Here is how journalists always amaze me. Mr Carr w...Here is how journalists always amaze me. Mr Carr writes..."About a week ago, I was at the Marriott in Detroit, and as I stepped over the newspaper at my door as I usually do, I then wondered why. It occurred to me that everything in that artifact that would be useful for me — scores from the teams I follow, a brief on big news and a splash of entertainment coverage — I had already learned onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64817849240895000102011-04-11T08:45:02.244-04:002011-04-11T08:45:02.244-04:00* Sorry, should have written: EIGHT-FIGURE corpora...* Sorry, should have written: EIGHT-FIGURE corporate bonuses. Too...angry...to do MATH. Graaargh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54907613954076922032011-04-11T08:41:47.242-04:002011-04-11T08:41:47.242-04:00I don't think I'd ever seen the breakdown ...I don't think I'd ever seen the breakdown of furlough savings v. bonuses for the brass before. <br /><br />Now, all I want to do is to grab Craig Dubow by his stupid Beard of Sorrow and shake him until he gives me back the four weeks of my life I spent sucking down Ramen noodles and fantasizing about a nice, undemanding job in PR. <br /><br />If Gannett had honestly needed my paychecks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-248915207813003612011-04-11T08:39:33.014-04:002011-04-11T08:39:33.014-04:00Sick out on May 2 Monday and May 3 Tuesday or if y...Sick out on May 2 Monday and May 3 Tuesday or if you are too scared then file for a vacation on both days. Now is the time to STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35861521774400407012011-04-11T08:14:32.765-04:002011-04-11T08:14:32.765-04:00Posted as a comment to Carr's article by Colum...Posted as a comment to Carr's article by Columbia Journalism School:<br /><br />Quite a lopsided shot across the bow, David. Or is that just how the media cover their own? A quick look at the NYT corp's public filings shows that NYT Chairman and CEO Janet Robinson took home over 2.85 million in cash for 2010. That's more than Dubow, despite the fact that Gannett has an enterprise Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63763885025892531122011-04-11T07:59:54.592-04:002011-04-11T07:59:54.592-04:00Sick Out on May 2/3 sounds like a great idea. Coul...Sick Out on May 2/3 sounds like a great idea. Could they fire everyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5300405658109594022011-04-11T01:02:21.950-04:002011-04-11T01:02:21.950-04:008:46 -- I disagree. Many other companies operate l...8:46 -- I disagree. Many other companies operate like this and we do not plaster it all over our papers. Most other mainstream media don't make a big deal about things like this either. Why? Because the big-time media is corporate run and corporations don't generally try to rile people up about policies they take part in and value. <br /><br />The banking industry has taken a little heat Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53160280107727375222011-04-11T00:27:55.102-04:002011-04-11T00:27:55.102-04:00They've run out of leverage. With the media at...They've run out of leverage. With the media attention of late, I think they'll be running scared in the next two weeks -- especially with threats of a sick-out. May 2 and 3. I say, go for it. Time to grow some, Gannett peeps. Do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52310855848067418882011-04-11T00:24:58.756-04:002011-04-11T00:24:58.756-04:00Is this really a sick-out? Do we have the nerve fo...Is this really a sick-out? Do we have the nerve for it? Makes me nervous. Could they retaliate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79744946990922276582011-04-11T00:19:26.208-04:002011-04-11T00:19:26.208-04:00May 3 too, for that matter.May 3 too, for that matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76085427415920965322011-04-11T00:16:23.076-04:002011-04-11T00:16:23.076-04:00Every Gannett employee who didn't receive a $1...Every Gannett employee who didn't receive a $1 million+ package last year should stay home from work on May 2. Spread the word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4671452948113465902011-04-10T23:05:00.814-04:002011-04-10T23:05:00.814-04:00The only power Gannett employees now have is their...The only power Gannett employees now have is their presence. If NO worker bees show up to create their product for them, these highly-compensated executives would have to do it all themselves (ha! as if). A few days without employees might help focus the attention of the board on the fact that their executives don't actually produce any product in return for their big bonuses -- and without Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62389713214548162562011-04-10T22:56:49.519-04:002011-04-10T22:56:49.519-04:00Having joined Gannett’s newspaper executive ranks ...Having joined Gannett’s newspaper executive ranks via an acquisition it didn’t take long to see how its emphasis on NET, its top-down culture and the deplorable behaviors it tolerated from so many of its celebrated ring bearers was harming this company and driving its value down. <br /><br />The NY Times and Forbes pieces further confirm why I was right in not sticking around long as even this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51577633905558704162011-04-10T22:54:11.884-04:002011-04-10T22:54:11.884-04:00I worked for Gannett in the '70s and survived ...I worked for Gannett in the '70s and survived the takeover of an independent paper by the group. They were laughable then, and they are laughable now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14882226221734699662011-04-10T22:43:37.352-04:002011-04-10T22:43:37.352-04:00So they pocketed nearly all the savings from our f...So they pocketed nearly all the savings from our furloughs. What suckers we all are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com