tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4378388966910904109..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: July 15-21 | Your News & Comments: Part 3Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73035880776675133852013-07-22T14:27:43.991-04:002013-07-22T14:27:43.991-04:00If we have layoffs today, I hope I am the first on...If we have layoffs today, I hope I am the first one called. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60132247082760076532013-07-22T08:40:00.424-04:002013-07-22T08:40:00.424-04:00What childish nonsense. The operating units and th...What childish nonsense. The operating units and their profits belong to the shareholders lock, stock and barrel. Shareholders can't "embezzle" from themselves.<br /><br />The newspaper industry's collapse has nothing to do with the recession or Gannett management, as anyone grasps who has not been comatose for the past decade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81614487296858181612013-07-22T08:06:17.373-04:002013-07-22T08:06:17.373-04:002:41, you 'senior managers' make me laugh....2:41, you 'senior managers' make me laugh. How many Kramer and Callaway decisions have been made w/o your knowledge in the past year? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90529879000681600232013-07-21T23:39:56.231-04:002013-07-21T23:39:56.231-04:00So much damage has been done in Shreveport with th...So much damage has been done in Shreveport with the letting go of well known columnists, managers, etcetera, that the community won't soon forget. Put on top of that the sideways pictures in today's paper, I think you get my drift. The Times is no longer a viable product in this town and I doubt that it will ever recover. All anyone needs to hear is that another employee was let go forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10756322873920397812013-07-21T23:09:41.202-04:002013-07-21T23:09:41.202-04:00The Shreveport publisher has already been recruiti...The Shreveport publisher has already been recruiting for managers. Managers beware. She is talking to folks and has her plan in place to recruit her army.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54390695895765427832013-07-21T23:05:43.280-04:002013-07-21T23:05:43.280-04:00@10.46, that's how she rolls. She is predicta...@10.46, that's how she rolls. She is predictable. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23227795703009020372013-07-21T22:46:29.988-04:002013-07-21T22:46:29.988-04:00Word in Shreveport is everyone will have to reappl...Word in Shreveport is everyone will have to reapply for their jobs ...a process the new publisher initiated at her previous property. I would imagine it is just a matter of time before layoffs or shuffling staff considering a four-day a week feature section hardly requires four staffers and 160 hours...not counting the Preview editor and his 40 hours for one section. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-88903771421158721512013-07-21T22:43:08.685-04:002013-07-21T22:43:08.685-04:00Even when the economy has improved and there are m...Even when the economy has improved and there are more jobs in the market, this company refuses to offer any job security to the employees who rode out the storm. The storm may not even exist anymore, but Gannett keeps creating its own tornadoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44819577311176387752013-07-21T21:57:19.870-04:002013-07-21T21:57:19.870-04:00Fear, furloughs, firings. This is the new normal a...Fear, furloughs, firings. This is the new normal at Gannett. Company gave the impression that they were extraordinary events given the recession, but this is what will characterize your career if you choose to stay. Gannett is sucking the life blood out of its "properties" and streaming it up to the vampire execs in HQ. It destroys anything it acquires. What Gannett comes down to is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49893040917748756072013-07-21T20:24:21.366-04:002013-07-21T20:24:21.366-04:00And what's up with the news story about a hous...And what's up with the news story about a house for sale? Is that a paid advertorial? Shreveport continues to go down the drain...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71572178664425758072013-07-21T18:57:47.090-04:002013-07-21T18:57:47.090-04:00Add: They had said that we were down to the bone. ...Add: They had said that we were down to the bone. The "not expendable" part was not some recognition; it was merely a staffing consideration. Another one which was altered at whatever whim mandated however much ass-kissing demanded by corporate. I don't recall seeing any of the execs flinching in the least between one statement or another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40607806233910086692013-07-21T18:54:51.777-04:002013-07-21T18:54:51.777-04:00"Limit?" What's that? When everyone ..."Limit?" What's that? When everyone was getting their buyouts I called to this swanky top-level meeting and told that - get this! - I was not expendable! Really? Couldn't tell it from the shit treatment I was afforded day in, day out, by the managers below whom they never monitored. But O.K., fine, whatever: no buyout for me! Then months later, they eliminated my position. The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18587924531786078712013-07-21T18:49:21.838-04:002013-07-21T18:49:21.838-04:00Gannett is infamous for keeping people out the loo...Gannett is infamous for keeping people out the loop, 2:41... even senior managers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43317664720949810902013-07-21T18:23:15.307-04:002013-07-21T18:23:15.307-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66794208671001458622013-07-21T17:22:09.744-04:002013-07-21T17:22:09.744-04:00no that the phx pressmen are pissed, are the press...no that the phx pressmen are pissed, are the pressruns on time??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5318927689341756852013-07-21T16:15:22.288-04:002013-07-21T16:15:22.288-04:00Jim doesn't have to support ever-increasing nu...Jim doesn't have to support ever-increasing numbers of vice-presidents. When you only have to pay producers and not overhead, you can get by on very little. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83740088846320632952013-07-21T16:13:33.773-04:002013-07-21T16:13:33.773-04:00There's a reason for that, ya know.There's a reason for that, ya know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5141119716625783202013-07-21T16:11:24.429-04:002013-07-21T16:11:24.429-04:00So Butterfly = More shit in my paper that everyone...So Butterfly = More shit in my paper that everyone read online two days ago replacing local stuff they can't get anywhere else?<br /><br />Awesome. If you're going to force us to take USAT content, how about shoveling some of those USAT* ads our way too? <br /><br />*alleged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44456558190394884332013-07-21T15:15:25.423-04:002013-07-21T15:15:25.423-04:00Shreveport continued: "One of the most moment...Shreveport continued: "One of the most moment parade popular units is ..." Huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45854331981590524842013-07-21T14:58:32.782-04:002013-07-21T14:58:32.782-04:00Kramer claimed during last week's staff meetin...Kramer claimed during last week's staff meetings and training sessions that the Butterfly Project -- the 7-day production of content for local newspapers by USA TODAY staff -- will prevent any furloughs. Some presume that also means no layoffs since the staff is already pushed to the limit with the lack of days off and the constant pressure to produce more and more. But we will see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19581486545859848012013-07-21T14:57:45.751-04:002013-07-21T14:57:45.751-04:00So glad that a move to Des Moines design center wa...So glad that a move to Des Moines design center was going to mean creative out-of-the-box design. Shreveport Times sure got that this morning. Two photos on page 3 of Life section are sideways! Would be funny if it weren't so sad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46843550479284517492013-07-21T14:41:06.916-04:002013-07-21T14:41:06.916-04:00Another bullshit scare post. I'm a senior mana...Another bullshit scare post. I'm a senior manager and I haven't heard anything from Larry about this!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63648825568272934192013-07-21T14:33:00.796-04:002013-07-21T14:33:00.796-04:00Usa Today Publisher Larry Kramer is quietly bracin...Usa Today Publisher Larry Kramer is quietly bracing some senior managers that staff cuts will be coming by year end. Buyouts tempered some of the pain but ad revenue still sucks, as does web traffic since the redesign. If you didnt take the buyout, you are probably screwed. If your job description is not justifiable, you are probably screws. If you've used past alliances or ass kissing in theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82385620339057116472013-07-20T17:08:22.972-04:002013-07-20T17:08:22.972-04:00Interviewed for which job? You should think, then ...Interviewed for which job? You should think, then post.<br /><br />How is Jim still in business? His revenue is $45 in 3 weeks. (Of course, once this posts, that ad number will magically jump.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83144773832537512802013-07-20T12:08:15.539-04:002013-07-20T12:08:15.539-04:00The APP market and the Courier Post market is so d...The APP market and the Courier Post market is so different that move wouldn’t make any sense.<br />The CP is Philadelphia suburb market and would have no interest in the Jersey shore market of the App and the APP market could care less about the CP market.<br />Having said that I’m sure they will go ahead and do it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com