tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4274133259768820623..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Aug. 6-12 | Your News & Comments: Part 3Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80256865686472479722012-08-10T15:48:59.637-04:002012-08-10T15:48:59.637-04:00Usa Today about to experience the same thing. Kram...Usa Today about to experience the same thing. Kramer needs to trim the fat, and much of it is the older, mottled kind. What's sad is many productive people will be tossed in the coming carnage. They are not protected like management.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42174963217651774422012-08-10T13:37:29.974-04:002012-08-10T13:37:29.974-04:0050-plus here. Was laid off in 2008. Told my job wa...50-plus here. Was laid off in 2008. Told my job was being eliminated. Same old...it wasn't eliminated. It was just inherited by younger, cheaper person. This occurred at a major Gannett paper, but I don't really think that matters. This stuff happens everywhere within Gannett. This has never been a company that appreciated what older employees have to offer. However, before the recession Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57441816662418641552012-08-10T10:10:37.916-04:002012-08-10T10:10:37.916-04:00Agree with the previous posters about the hypocrit...Agree with the previous posters about the hypocritical coverage of Ron Liebau's death. Obit gave the impression he still worked there. But they're wrong when they say his work was given to younger and cheaper people. The Enqy just eliminated much of the editing process. That's why the quality of its news coverage plummeted. It's obvious every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4283009015722508232012-08-10T08:58:12.877-04:002012-08-10T08:58:12.877-04:005:24 - Nice try. For those of you in your 50s who...5:24 - Nice try. For those of you in your 50s who were laid off and replaced by younger people, you really have nothing to lose and Gannett fears the implications.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86960468152891040222012-08-09T22:46:02.090-04:002012-08-09T22:46:02.090-04:00Hey 4:51pm
Do you have a link to a PDF of that Age...Hey 4:51pm<br />Do you have a link to a PDF of that Age Discrimination Lawsuit vs. vs. the (st)Inky?? Or can you ask Jim to post it as one of his Google docs? My lawyer thanks you in advance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79860763177857128002012-08-09T21:22:00.560-04:002012-08-09T21:22:00.560-04:00Would appreciate more info on the Indy Star reorg....Would appreciate more info on the Indy Star reorg...please post if you know somethingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62372389514398739712012-08-09T19:19:11.876-04:002012-08-09T19:19:11.876-04:00Anyone hear of a management shakeup at The News-Pr...Anyone hear of a management shakeup at The News-Press? I heard some top dogs are being demoted to loser paying positions. Newsroom needs total reorganazation and less chiefs. Hope something is done soon. Too much pork wasted by lacklluster managers. Might start with CR and WP. Someone should look into this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46001594886677309182012-08-09T19:11:38.523-04:002012-08-09T19:11:38.523-04:00I love Gannett. The product is awsum. The company ...I love Gannett. The product is awsum. The company takes its Third Amendment risponsibilitees seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55307129093941368342012-08-09T18:51:09.756-04:002012-08-09T18:51:09.756-04:002:37 please share the name of the younger person t...2:37 please share the name of the younger person that replaced him. You lob a middle like that back it up. I grieve his passing but you can't use his death as a vehicle for hate. You diminish his passing with this tripeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75151485301113239822012-08-09T18:44:56.380-04:002012-08-09T18:44:56.380-04:001:42 "callously?" you speak of something...1:42 "callously?" you speak of something YOU know nothing aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65059139893183087962012-08-09T18:43:47.522-04:002012-08-09T18:43:47.522-04:0012:29 you seem to have deep insights into USAT. So...12:29 you seem to have deep insights into USAT. So why is it you fail to address the upcoming changes to the print, web and mobile products? Is it possible you know absolutely nothing about it? You and your Sky is falling" pals will be the first to damn all the new changes. And we wonder why we are in difficult timesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80087402127021228472012-08-09T18:01:35.421-04:002012-08-09T18:01:35.421-04:00We're all left in the dark as usual. Just what...We're all left in the dark as usual. Just what is USAT planning for our 30th anniversary? It would be nice if the staff knew besides just the few select and favored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39026090806940399572012-08-09T17:30:06.897-04:002012-08-09T17:30:06.897-04:00Way to go, CourierPostOnline.com!
One of the bigg...Way to go, CourierPostOnline.com!<br /><br />One of the biggest highways in the region is shut down in both directions before 4 p.m. Thursday When a story is posted (after other sites have posted it and after there's already a major backup in both directions), it has a confusing headline (sounds like there's an event planned), it's written almost as a feature story -- and it's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17860550259718240902012-08-09T17:24:39.308-04:002012-08-09T17:24:39.308-04:00OLD-AGE LAWSUITS
As in any work-related lawsuit -...OLD-AGE LAWSUITS<br /><br />As in any work-related lawsuit -- <br /><br />-- you are RADIOACTIVE afterwards. Employers do not hire people who sue employers. Maybe as contractors. But to be hired.<br /><br />-- they are very hard to win. Jury will look at how industry is falling apart and go along with the logic.<br /><br />-- it can trap you, into a bitter past. Rather than fixing the present.<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28050331585915002302012-08-09T16:52:03.107-04:002012-08-09T16:52:03.107-04:00Count me as one. 50+ years of age - 25+ years at G...Count me as one. 50+ years of age - 25+ years at GCI. It wasn't a buyout. Was told my position was eliminated. Of corse, it wasn't. It was given a different title, the same responsibilities - and given to someone younger, with less compensation. No lawsuit - tough to positively spin that in my new job interview. But I've moved on. New role pays 20% more than the GCI gig. Go Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47016486104538877642012-08-09T16:51:44.001-04:002012-08-09T16:51:44.001-04:00Yes, several former employees of the Enquirer have...Yes, several former employees of the Enquirer have joined in an age discrimination lawsuit against the Enquirer. Sadly, Ron was one of those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87901634889605744082012-08-09T16:41:06.463-04:002012-08-09T16:41:06.463-04:00I am sorry to read of Mr. Liebau's passing. Ho...I am sorry to read of Mr. Liebau's passing. How sad that he and his wife won't grow old together and that he won't be around to see his son get married someday.<br /><br />Being laid off is a shattering experience, emotionally and financially. Especially when it's from a company/career you dedicated your life's work to.<br /><br />I do not know the circumstances of his death, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89860970830550788212012-08-09T15:47:22.541-04:002012-08-09T15:47:22.541-04:00Posters say Ron Liebau was laid
off, as well as ...Posters say Ron Liebau was laid <br />off, as well as bunch of other over-50 editors and reporters. Is there anyway to tell how many over 50 people Gannett has laid off in the last few years? That wouldn't include the buyouts, which are a nicer kind of layoff. How many people have filed lawsuits over it?<br />Or have they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37014822006291473142012-08-09T15:43:37.955-04:002012-08-09T15:43:37.955-04:00It was pretty glaring indeed for the Enquirer to o...It was pretty glaring indeed for the Enquirer to omit the fact that Ron was summarily laid off. The paper could have used its typical euphemistic corporate-speak and said he was "involuntarily discharged" or separated. That's one of the first questions that reporters and editors are told to answer in stories -- why someone left a job. Here we see that the Enquirer holds a different Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89496228332359914162012-08-09T15:19:56.676-04:002012-08-09T15:19:56.676-04:00Google just paid a $22 million fine, is PointRoll ...Google just paid a $22 million fine, is PointRoll off the hook?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35577194629241438892012-08-09T15:08:12.180-04:002012-08-09T15:08:12.180-04:00Minor league management talent breeds minor league...Minor league management talent breeds minor league success. we are too interested in hiring on the cheap and filling quotas rather than needs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26658801217227242372012-08-09T15:05:37.456-04:002012-08-09T15:05:37.456-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51344590362590455062012-08-09T14:40:42.578-04:002012-08-09T14:40:42.578-04:00Anybody heard anything about a possible management...Anybody heard anything about a possible management reorg/reapply process at Indy Star? Fact or Internet rumor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46924625677964368372012-08-09T14:37:35.117-04:002012-08-09T14:37:35.117-04:00Liebau was a wonderful guy and gave time and time ...Liebau was a wonderful guy and gave time and time again to the Enquirer newsroom and those who worked in it. However, the glaring omission about why he left the newspaper is inexcusable. Carolyn Washburn had no way to explain it to her readers. He was kicked to the curb because they wanted to pay someone younger a lot less. Jim's right about him learning of the news while on vacation. Not a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30380691719136342992012-08-09T14:25:59.284-04:002012-08-09T14:25:59.284-04:00Headline nightmare at the Detroit Free Press: http...Headline nightmare at the Detroit Free Press: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/08/09/copy-chiefs-nightmare/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com