tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post407299909141240597..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Jan. 21-27 | Your News & Comments: Part 1Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11521338359851834982013-01-23T02:14:00.406-05:002013-01-23T02:14:00.406-05:00Content is simply awful. Too much tude, not enough...Content is simply awful. Too much tude, not enough facts or reporting or some editorial oversight. Beusse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82183801785212055852013-01-22T13:41:35.573-05:002013-01-22T13:41:35.573-05:00This is 6:20 back. 12:59 says it well, and I agre...This is 6:20 back. 12:59 says it well, and I agree. For me, the cost/benefit ratio of subscribing to the local paper changed a little more than a year ago as the quality of the content plummeted and the cost to me increased so dramatically. I continued to subscribe in print, however, because of residual guilt and the fact that I like paper as a medium. I took what I could from the content, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36236512723544148612013-01-22T12:59:05.174-05:002013-01-22T12:59:05.174-05:00@8:27 . . . "a freeloader"?? Please. Sub...@8:27 . . . "a freeloader"?? Please. Subscribers paid what they were ASKED to pay. The powers that be figured a 3-1 mix where ads paid the freight was the optimum business model. And it WAS. <br /><br />The mix has been changed to increase the percentage readers pay. That doesn't make readers over the past few centuries "freeloaders". <br /><br />What readers today are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20428888810143057122013-01-22T09:07:29.756-05:002013-01-22T09:07:29.756-05:00USAT Sports is a mess. The new geniuses in charge ...USAT Sports is a mess. The new geniuses in charge humiliated the staff, and destroyed morale, by making people who'd worked there for decades draw up their resumes and reapply for jobs in the "new" USAT SPORTS. <br /><br />They got rid of top performers and kept all of the kiss-asses, mediocrities and sycophants. Then they brought in a bunch of new hires who are trying out-TMZ TMZ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25173903965830218132013-01-22T08:42:46.312-05:002013-01-22T08:42:46.312-05:00I also had a bad experience last year with a rude ...I also had a bad experience last year with a rude "customer unservice" rep in Louisville trying to get just digital, and decided to let everything expire in fall and just use private browsing to get around it. Even with my retiree rate the rag wasn't worth it anymore, but the print and digital access have continued since all payments expired in October. I'll just continue to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51134912629537149372013-01-22T08:27:47.236-05:002013-01-22T08:27:47.236-05:00If you truly have a "deep appreciation of the...If you truly have a "deep appreciation of the role of the paper in community life", then as a reader you're simply going to have to pay more of the freight than you did in the good old days — when essentially you were a freeloader. The inexorable forces of creative destruction have rendered the old model moot.<br /><br />Now, if you don't really believe in the value of the "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91859375336400483212013-01-22T07:40:12.149-05:002013-01-22T07:40:12.149-05:00Yes but a gas, electric and cable is a wanted and ...Yes but a gas, electric and cable is a wanted and needed item. This useless rag was not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37521347453494149172013-01-22T06:36:00.059-05:002013-01-22T06:36:00.059-05:006:20 did you not pay your gas, electric or cable b...6:20 did you not pay your gas, electric or cable bill? You don't subscribe to a newspaper anymore. Hello it's 2013Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10834351954048415332013-01-22T06:20:39.491-05:002013-01-22T06:20:39.491-05:00A very sad day for me yesterday. I experienced th...A very sad day for me yesterday. I experienced the same treatment at the call center as you did, 9:52. After suspending my subscription to travel for 3 months I still received a large bill even though I had no print copies delivered in my absence of course. A call to the center was met by a rude response and demand for payment for a digital product I do not want or need. Although I didn'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1950496183113323582013-01-22T04:44:39.742-05:002013-01-22T04:44:39.742-05:00And this is one BIG flaw in the print+digital mand...And this is one BIG flaw in the print+digital mandate that print subs have to endure. If you want to hold the print for awhile, you're either going to lose the digital, or still be charged for total access, aka "full price". Really going to piss off people whose primary experience as a consumer is "print".<br /><br />Or you can do what many have suggested to defeat the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87455575222770605342013-01-22T02:34:00.702-05:002013-01-22T02:34:00.702-05:00DESC is the call center for recruitment advertisin...DESC is the call center for recruitment advertising in Indianapolis, Indiana.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50185655614532082772013-01-22T01:08:09.366-05:002013-01-22T01:08:09.366-05:00To Jim
What is in the works, you seem to have a gr...To Jim<br />What is in the works, you seem to have a grtasp on most situations, furloughs, layoffs, any going to happenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60249816045920922212013-01-21T21:52:43.771-05:002013-01-21T21:52:43.771-05:00I recently endured the hell of one of the Gannett ...I recently endured the hell of one of the Gannett circulation centers, this one in Louisville. After being on hold for 20 minutes I tried to go digital only since I will be away for some time and want a hold on print ( I was told a month ago that all was right and that it would be taken care of. Then the bill came in gouging me for something I did not want). I was given to a rude person who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25597333436087048122013-01-21T21:24:18.676-05:002013-01-21T21:24:18.676-05:00What's DESC? If it's in Lafayette, probabl...What's DESC? If it's in Lafayette, probably coming to the rest of the La. papers, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66450211496658482562013-01-21T21:06:49.314-05:002013-01-21T21:06:49.314-05:00At least they are laughing at you. At least they are laughing at you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32016054158905115372013-01-21T19:32:53.592-05:002013-01-21T19:32:53.592-05:00AgreedAgreedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79855564285553183262013-01-21T19:29:24.435-05:002013-01-21T19:29:24.435-05:00Better check your history, 5:52 . . . here are som...Better check your history, 5:52 . . . here are some of the 47 VPs of the USA:<br /><br />John Adams<br />Thomas Jefferson<br />John Tyler<br />Theodore Roosevelt<br />Calvin Coolidge<br />Harry Truman<br />Richard Nixon<br />Lyndon Johnson<br /><br />Like 'em or not, they were hardly inconsequential.<br /><br />As for Gannett VPs, that's the other end of the horse altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29147711965115055272013-01-21T19:19:29.735-05:002013-01-21T19:19:29.735-05:00The big announcement in Lafayette, LA. DESC is tak...The big announcement in Lafayette, LA. DESC is taking over recruitment in all markets. The local positions are being elimimated. "Give it to me local".....bah hum bug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59665151440762988392013-01-21T19:18:44.204-05:002013-01-21T19:18:44.204-05:00People used to admire me when I told them I work f...People used to admire me when I told them I work for the paper. Now they just feel sorry for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61202343529132170222013-01-21T18:23:21.879-05:002013-01-21T18:23:21.879-05:00Usa Today has really tanked lately. Even the sucku...Usa Today has really tanked lately. Even the suckups realize the new leadership is feeble, disengaged and too lazy to turn over dead weight managers and reporters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10820647930682427902013-01-21T18:22:19.531-05:002013-01-21T18:22:19.531-05:00Someone was asking to fess up your name about Furl...Someone was asking to fess up your name about Furloughs. They are coming second quarter and you can refuse to believe it or not. I did not hear from my manager anything about layoffs or buyouts. Believe what you want,it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see where Gannett is headed. A lot of Gannetts buildings have been on the market for quite awhile.Consider your age and choose appropriatelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50331490787997721792013-01-21T17:52:34.764-05:002013-01-21T17:52:34.764-05:00I nominate all The Vice Presidents of nothing, pul...I nominate all The Vice Presidents of nothing, pulling in six figures for doing what? Know I no why our second in command Joe Biden and all the other VP's prior to him were always made fun off, they have no job duties and make a ton of money in case Obama mamma takes a bullettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50024934791417555272013-01-21T17:47:43.015-05:002013-01-21T17:47:43.015-05:003:44 You must be a manager, you have blinders on l...3:44 You must be a manager, you have blinders on like all the rest of the clowns who run this company, or should have said try to run this company, they are doing a good job of running it into the ground thouighAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39542944233692948992013-01-21T17:44:36.225-05:002013-01-21T17:44:36.225-05:00The current managers have in regard to post 3:36, ...The current managers have in regard to post 3:36, what little they did have is gone. I have no respect for my direct reports any more. They all think it's a big jokeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20305607110847194922013-01-21T16:28:02.009-05:002013-01-21T16:28:02.009-05:00Would love to know who the VP is who told you this...Would love to know who the VP is who told you this to add some credibility to your claim. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com