tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post3801087302568959431..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Hubs | Memo is said to detail typography rulesJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86379318754493278872011-01-22T01:14:05.762-05:002011-01-22T01:14:05.762-05:00There, there, 1:06. Tonight you can go home and pl...There, there, 1:06. Tonight you can go home and play with your fonts package. That'll make you feel better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71975936093264516702011-01-22T01:06:00.242-05:002011-01-22T01:06:00.242-05:00It's a cost saving move AND a way to streamlin...It's a cost saving move AND a way to streamline design. Why can't we chose ALL of our own type-like we were led to believe earlier? Even the type we do get to pick has been narrowed down to a short list to choose from. Are they presuming that our readers are stupid and won't care about anything else but what a headline looks like? Oh wait... I forgot who I work for. Design was one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50251655832038057132011-01-21T21:26:04.659-05:002011-01-21T21:26:04.659-05:00That's one of the sad things about Gannett, 5:...That's one of the sad things about Gannett, 5:33 p.m. It developed this incredible ass-kissing culture that in part often resulted in the least capable gaining influential positions.<br /><br />My experience stems from Westchester, where office politics was (and is) the work of the day for too many.<br /><br />Instead of working for and representing the reader, these people focused and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73634650835645301262011-01-21T17:33:58.106-05:002011-01-21T17:33:58.106-05:00Yes, look to NJ, cos it is your future. Papers tha...Yes, look to NJ, cos it is your future. Papers that look alike and are all run out of a central hub churning out charticles, giving readers all the crap that market research dictates, rather than what they want and need, what journalism is supposed to provide.<br />So in the NJ model, Asbury/hub pub is the supreme ruler with the HNT/CN GM and the DR pub under him. The organizational chart has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84531666167875538762011-01-21T17:26:02.358-05:002011-01-21T17:26:02.358-05:00I've heard the label "McPaper" used ...I've heard the label "McPaper" used on Gannett products for years. Now it really will be true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26872066189853672642011-01-21T14:05:06.669-05:002011-01-21T14:05:06.669-05:00Too bad this company and its workers weren't a...Too bad this company and its workers weren't as focused on delivering information to readers as they are dreaming about what typeface the information should be in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19398968458860643342011-01-21T12:00:26.845-05:002011-01-21T12:00:26.845-05:00The papers won't look alike? Many of them have...The papers won't look alike? Many of them have resembled clones for years.<br /><br />Some posters have characterized Gannett as a widget maker. That's gaining traction every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10191152990579898682011-01-21T10:18:20.670-05:002011-01-21T10:18:20.670-05:00Big money national ads? Time Warner used to spend ...Big money national ads? Time Warner used to spend twice as much with us before the Nationals team claimed it. Now they run more ads for less revenue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38075933876393563192011-01-21T09:57:28.887-05:002011-01-21T09:57:28.887-05:00What the hubs mean, eventually, is that I will be ...What the hubs mean, eventually, is that I will be able to pick up any Gannett paper and see the identical national & international news stories (think of the savings!), with a small assortment of local news sprinkled here and there to preserve the paper's "identity and individuality". The "home" section can be copied from paper to paper, the sports will have to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71845617852481483232011-01-21T09:55:49.655-05:002011-01-21T09:55:49.655-05:00Frankly, I'm a little surprised Gannett didn&#...Frankly, I'm a little surprised Gannett didn't standardize operations sooner and better. If they'd spent time developing decent systems and then merging acquisitions *as they came on board* into standardized systems, they'd have realized many cost savings long ago. <br />I don't think there has really been a master plan behind any of the corporate activities. Even now, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31633586005084947222011-01-21T09:26:06.729-05:002011-01-21T09:26:06.729-05:00Thanks, 12:36 a.m. A lot of us are watching the Je...Thanks, 12:36 a.m. A lot of us are watching the Jersey situation for clues about what could happen elsewhere. Any info about the layoffs/consolidation/new structure (and its aftermath) greatly appreciated! Specifically, how will the consolidated newsroom handle "topic" coverage versus "beat" coverage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76842872912254546612011-01-21T08:59:07.666-05:002011-01-21T08:59:07.666-05:00Yes the standarization has been expected, but the ...Yes the standarization has been expected, but the rhetoric about continuing to allow local control doesn't match what is happening. The trouble is that corporate has been lying about this program. If they told the truth about what they are doing instead of the lies, there would be not so much of a problem and confusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84581351566319348292011-01-21T08:20:54.889-05:002011-01-21T08:20:54.889-05:00This standardization has been inevitable for sever...This standardization has been inevitable for several decades. Look at the amount of corporate control Gannett has historically exercised -- this is a logical extension of that.<br /><br />Plus, it will undoubtedly save money. So for corporate managers, it's an easy call.John Reinannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39046920801472555052011-01-21T08:03:39.860-05:002011-01-21T08:03:39.860-05:00the typefaces aren't about unified design. The...the typefaces aren't about unified design. They are a way to save money buy paying less money for fonts across all the USCP properties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17475050068560989482011-01-21T00:36:22.432-05:002011-01-21T00:36:22.432-05:00A bunch of editors got the ax today at the Jersey ...A bunch of editors got the ax today at the Jersey papers, including a long-time editorial page editor. HNT editors were let go while CN editors survived, even though the HNT is the much bigger paper. They can thank the joint GM (a CN guy) for that. More to come, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44697822205774829562011-01-21T00:31:01.624-05:002011-01-21T00:31:01.624-05:00It's all part of Gannett's race to the bot...It's all part of Gannett's race to the bottom. i want puke when I hear stuff like "it all starts with content.'' What crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43622283494835187302011-01-20T23:17:35.799-05:002011-01-20T23:17:35.799-05:00"1. Page flags are the labels at the tops of ..."1. Page flags are the labels at the tops of pages with the page number, date and section."<br /><br />No. Those are folio lines. Page flags are for specialty pages.<br /><br />All of this sounds like a company that has lost its way. Can't blame much of this one on Gannett, though. A lot of people have laid the groundwork for this situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26687594017572161392011-01-20T23:05:49.178-05:002011-01-20T23:05:49.178-05:001. Page flags are the labels at the tops of pages ...1. Page flags are the labels at the tops of pages with the page number, date and section.<br /><br />2. Monotype (http://www.monotypefonts.com/) is the type foundry that Gannett is licensing all of its fonts from. The design studio team came up with a selection of five or six type families to use for various functions, such as the font Utopia for body text. What this means is that all 81 papers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74117911745322726632011-01-20T22:01:21.553-05:002011-01-20T22:01:21.553-05:00Mark my words because within this year, the papers...Mark my words because within this year, the papers will become unified on story layout as well. Inside national and international pages will be first, plus furniture and comics. Then they will layout half of the front pages with stories that will appear in all, leaving the display corner to the local story that will lead the paper. It will be the only way they can deal with the workload. They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3746658132112897702011-01-20T21:53:39.528-05:002011-01-20T21:53:39.528-05:00Questions:
1. What are "page flags"?
2....Questions:<br /><br />1. What are "page flags"?<br />2. As described here, what is "everything else"?<br />3. Does this mean the same typeface will be used for all the 81 U.S. community papers? Or does Monotype mean something different?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.com