tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4283675209916819868..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: June 11-17 | Your News & Comments: Part 2Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55968584412879327342012-06-13T00:22:09.859-04:002012-06-13T00:22:09.859-04:00Who cares about the new Editor in Indy? How is he ...Who cares about the new Editor in Indy? How is he gonna save the day? That place is quickly going down in flames.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28606973043758247382012-06-12T20:05:29.155-04:002012-06-12T20:05:29.155-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42791738484599349882012-06-12T19:59:30.567-04:002012-06-12T19:59:30.567-04:00I am 3:21. I made clear I'n no fan ot this per...I am 3:21. I made clear I'n no fan ot this person. In fact, she's just another embarrassment. My point was to remind people that we are, after all, talking about people. When they're dehumanized, you strip yourself of the quality. Rip down the policies. Leave some clueless schlep alone. It's not the person. It's the Gannett mindset in a swan dive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66461527673981780722012-06-12T19:18:29.477-04:002012-06-12T19:18:29.477-04:00I saw Robin Pence recently. She is doing great. I ...I saw Robin Pence recently. She is doing great. I doubt she would waste her time on this blog.<br /><br />Yo might not have liked her marketing efforts but she was a nice woman and not interested in looking back once she moved on. <br /><br />We should all take a lesson from her. Get a better job, move on, and leave it all behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42093243839598429632012-06-12T18:05:54.167-04:002012-06-12T18:05:54.167-04:00We were millions below ad projections thru May
ma...We were millions below ad projections thru May<br /> maybe someone should provide her some goals beyond self promo and hiring fantasy consultants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2698421646595553082012-06-12T17:49:44.673-04:002012-06-12T17:49:44.673-04:00what exactly is banikarim in charge of? no one kno...what exactly is banikarim in charge of? no one knows. guess her role isn't widely understood. she sure does make an easy target -- which take the attention off the real issues at hand or the real folks who don't deliver. why doesn't someone at least clarify what we think her job is...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55741902700583309962012-06-12T17:47:06.739-04:002012-06-12T17:47:06.739-04:00its nice to see so many of you concerned about her...its nice to see so many of you concerned about her parenting skills. lets get this right -- either she isn't doing enough for gannett (you) or she isn't doing enough for her kids. what an enlightened lot we have her -- oh, the fired employees of gannett its a alumni club to be proud of for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2276503489860981322012-06-12T17:44:50.496-04:002012-06-12T17:44:50.496-04:00who is it that she fired? Robin Pence? I'm thi...who is it that she fired? Robin Pence? I'm thinking the new guy is an upgrade. At least he knows the business and doesn't torture his people. hello robin. welcome back to the gannett family. what you post doesn't take away from the reality of your track record with the department.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48724150588378147042012-06-12T17:44:49.917-04:002012-06-12T17:44:49.917-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59616027188725939852012-06-12T17:27:17.869-04:002012-06-12T17:27:17.869-04:00Go ahead and blame the past and present marketing ...Go ahead and blame the past and present marketing department staff for posts about Banikarim. It doesn't change the truth that she flits about giving speeches, self - promoting interviews, party planning, booking speaking engagements, hiring countless consultants at ridiculous retainers and showing us nothing but a purposeless purpose wall after 15 months of cashing her big paychecks. Shoot Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4639968725296182982012-06-12T17:22:03.439-04:002012-06-12T17:22:03.439-04:00How can we be hurting any of the execs feelings wi...How can we be hurting any of the execs feelings with posts on here? they are always saying they ignore and never ever read this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36995462062901640332012-06-12T16:46:42.509-04:002012-06-12T16:46:42.509-04:00Here's an edited version of 3:48's comment...Here's an edited version of 3:48's comment, with the words "yet another corporate shill trolling" eliminated.<br /><br />6/12/2012 11:05 AM If you're willing to stand by Maryam Banikarim and state she actually has accomplished something in one and a half years, then why not have the cajones to post your name with "Anonymous said..."Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12031769863853140022012-06-12T16:46:22.487-04:002012-06-12T16:46:22.487-04:00Here's an edited version of 1:40's comment...Here's an edited version of 1:40's comment, with the word "troll" eliminated.<br /><br />6/12/2012 11:05 AM -- Banikarim, Micek, Ellwood, Hyatt, Phillips or whoever you are, you are dead wrong as usual and once again putting up the same old post trying to deflect the obvious. That is a fact. <br /><br />It is not the former marketing staff who have been fired over the past two Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60675801694586892302012-06-12T16:01:37.267-04:002012-06-12T16:01:37.267-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89646985615482102882012-06-12T15:56:48.250-04:002012-06-12T15:56:48.250-04:00Hard to feel sorry for any executive at Gannett.
...Hard to feel sorry for any executive at Gannett.<br /><br />They lay off people like they are tossing starbucks cups.<br /><br />They collect ten times more money than the rest of us.<br /><br />They fly the jet and stay at the four seasons and eat at great restaurants.<br /><br />I'm tired of what I see to be one angry employee who poisons the feed . The truth is a lot of people are tired ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66412919202752571882012-06-12T15:48:00.987-04:002012-06-12T15:48:00.987-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69910392077599365032012-06-12T15:21:16.690-04:002012-06-12T15:21:16.690-04:00I dislike the vitriol flung at Banikarim as well, ...I dislike the vitriol flung at Banikarim as well, and I say that as someone completely amazed that this exec even has a job, let alone one with tremendous potential in the hands of essentially a self-absorbed neophyte.<br /><br />But I think demonizing the gal misses the larger point, which is that executive positions are perceived as royalty no matter who one is or acts (or in Banikarim's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84259188835931577762012-06-12T14:28:54.157-04:002012-06-12T14:28:54.157-04:00Who comes up with this shit?
Today, we are announ...Who comes up with this shit?<br /><br />Today, we are announcing the launch of Gannett Wisconsin Media University.<br /><br />GWM University will be the foundation for all of our internal and external development training.<br /><br />This is not meant to replace or displace department specific training that we all do routinely. Rather, it is a platform for expanding skills, readying employees Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1374932937367546292012-06-12T14:25:02.669-04:002012-06-12T14:25:02.669-04:001:40 come on you know it is the truth. There are t...1:40 come on you know it is the truth. There are three former marketign folks that constantly pound MB. They lost their meal ticket to France and they are upset. THe rest fo the company could care less about Marketing. It's the unhappy three that just can't let go. Me thinks two plus you equal three!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-70309024185729694022012-06-12T14:14:48.817-04:002012-06-12T14:14:48.817-04:00Layoffs coming to the Freep ...
http://motorcit...Layoffs coming to the Freep ... <br /><br /><br />http://motorcitymuckraker.com/scoops/422-2/<br /><br />And if anyone doubts the site above because it's run by the city hall reporter fired a few weeks ago, it comes up again at the bottom of this piece ... <br /><br />http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/755/free_press_loses_a_key_boss_at_a_tough_timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60128510941438454782012-06-12T13:45:48.229-04:002012-06-12T13:45:48.229-04:00Well put. 100% correct. produce or perish.Well put. 100% correct. produce or perish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9043641341409616182012-06-12T13:43:35.123-04:002012-06-12T13:43:35.123-04:00Interesting observations. but her egotastic need f...Interesting observations. but her egotastic need for attention causes her to lose any kind of real focus on Gannett. she has no grasp of the product or the people who produce it. Worse, she has not pulled in advertisers. either she produces or she should be out of here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59538271086145049052012-06-12T13:40:24.897-04:002012-06-12T13:40:24.897-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51301109704628526792012-06-12T13:38:46.371-04:002012-06-12T13:38:46.371-04:00Last night was supposed to be the live start of th...Last night was supposed to be the live start of the national wire desk in Des Moines, which is supposed to select the wire stories for all the papers designed at the Des Moines hub. Does anyone know how that went?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51970042805923576532012-06-12T13:09:14.095-04:002012-06-12T13:09:14.095-04:00Who has seen Kramer lately and what is he doing wi...Who has seen Kramer lately and what is he doing with USA Today?<br /><br />Interested to see if he can make any impact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com