tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4514501104197768462..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Shrink 'n' spin: Papers drop sections this weekJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39951742577862428322009-01-05T08:40:00.000-05:002009-01-05T08:40:00.000-05:00Well, kids, that's how it started in Detroit. Less...Well, kids, that's how it started in Detroit. Less content, local columnists bought out and press service generic content substituted, Business section reduced from a section to a single page on Mondays, thinner and thinner papers over the last few years.<BR/><BR/>And you all know how the Detroit story goes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80415862693097545192009-01-01T15:31:00.000-05:002009-01-01T15:31:00.000-05:00...and apparently a lot of color is missing too. ......and apparently a lot of color is missing too. <BR/><BR/>Guess is that more than a few advertisers and subscribers will be removing a lot of "green" out of the paper too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55890282766711942372009-01-01T05:11:00.000-05:002009-01-01T05:11:00.000-05:00sheesh ... the "Careers" section just vanished fro...sheesh ... the "Careers" section just vanished from Wednesday's paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85120026244429099812008-12-31T11:04:00.000-05:002008-12-31T11:04:00.000-05:00Huh? 10:22 likes what’s left in the Enquirer yet ...Huh? 10:22 likes what’s left in the Enquirer yet wants more business, local and national/word pages. Isn’t that the point…it’s provides even too little of what people really want most. <BR/><BR/>And, if this is such a great idea, then why didn’t MB/Gannett do it years ago? We all know why and charging people 50% more for a newspaper that will have at least 20% fewer pages will get them their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62411404500657157612008-12-31T10:22:00.000-05:002008-12-31T10:22:00.000-05:00i guess it's probably taboo to say this here, but,...i guess it's probably taboo to say this here, but, again, i like what's left in the enquirer. the pages have kind of a "RETRO" feel. it looks like a newspaper, even if it feels physically lighter. <BR/><BR/>it feels more like the old Post, before Scripps reduced pages and local coverage. <BR/><BR/>i don't miss AT ALL the junk they took out, and a lot of what was removed was apparently just looserAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90103902581709974842008-12-30T21:04:00.000-05:002008-12-30T21:04:00.000-05:00I am liking the new Cincinnati Enquirer, just like...I am liking the new Cincinnati Enquirer, just like the previous poster. It is less filled with useless waste, it is efficient and tight. I am looking forward to the physical downsizing.<BR/><BR/>I feel like I am repeating the previous poster, but they cut out the stuff I couldn't care less about.<BR/><BR/>I really do like it--and no, I have NO association with anything Enquirer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71937462966135891862008-12-30T11:41:00.000-05:002008-12-30T11:41:00.000-05:00Some time ago, The Arizona Republic dramatically r...Some time ago, The Arizona Republic dramatically reduced the Monday paper. In a management meeting the new size was presented and everybody thought it was a joke. Then they presented the results of one of those infamous focus groups supporting the new size. Apparently one in a hundred surveyed didn't mind the change (or the hospital visit as they must have been in a coma). A couple months Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34489394160041915942008-12-30T10:40:00.000-05:002008-12-30T10:40:00.000-05:00Thanks MB, I mean Anon 10:25. Less is still less....Thanks MB, I mean Anon 10:25. Less is still less. And, charging more for less will ultimately result in less…readers. <BR/><BR/>By the way, if you hadn’t noticed, you weren’t the first to go as many of your peers jumped when told too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9879676937064897912008-12-30T08:21:00.000-05:002008-12-30T08:21:00.000-05:00yeah, where's Carl Lindner when you need him? ...yeah, where's Carl Lindner when you need him? Oh wait, he already funded one Cincy paper -- the Enquirer and said selling it to Gannett was one of his biggest regrets. <BR/><BR/><BR/>re>I canceled my subscription this morning...Now, if someone had the cash to start a locally owned paper...12/29/2008 11:58 AMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41539701507492588992008-12-30T07:22:00.000-05:002008-12-30T07:22:00.000-05:00Hmm that article didn't mention the Pensacola News...Hmm that article didn't mention the Pensacola News Journal as a paper dropping sections . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9670458101378743912008-12-29T16:12:00.000-05:002008-12-29T16:12:00.000-05:00Had to laugh.A reader pointed out this spelling go...Had to laugh.<BR/>A reader pointed out this spelling goof that apparently topped a sports story:<BR/>Illinoise!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31426000879465439622008-12-29T14:44:00.000-05:002008-12-29T14:44:00.000-05:00Here's a collection of Gannett newspapers reducing...Here's a collection of Gannett newspapers reducing sections:<BR/><BR/>gannettoid.com/news2.html<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.gannettoid.com/news2.html" REL="nofollow">gannettoid.com/news2.html</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66080309508192349662008-12-29T14:24:00.000-05:002008-12-29T14:24:00.000-05:00If today's Cincy Enquirer is any indication, then ...If today's Cincy Enquirer is any indication, then editorial page editors better start looking for work. The one editorial page today has one short editorial that says the state smoking ban should be enforced (an intern could have written that one), and the rest of the content is the usual filler of letters and syndicated columns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11190386794798868662008-12-29T13:54:00.000-05:002008-12-29T13:54:00.000-05:00I'm wondering why the high up editors at Gannett w...I'm wondering why the high up editors at Gannett write like government officials. You'd like they'd want to sound a little bit local local local.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71239383153924317902008-12-29T11:58:00.000-05:002008-12-29T11:58:00.000-05:00I canceled my subscription this morning. This stre...I canceled my subscription this morning. This streamlined "newspaper" is an insult to journalism! I refuse to fund Dubow and the other idiots at the Mothership any longer!<BR/>Now, if someone had the cash to start a locally owned paper...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11669018112990536342008-12-29T11:45:00.000-05:002008-12-29T11:45:00.000-05:00In central Wisconsin, the same thing is going on. ...In central Wisconsin, the same thing is going on. No editorial pages, letters to the editor part of the news, less sports and features, etc. -- pages were reduced by 10 percent.<BR/><BR/>BTW: We are about ready to walk out and not have a paper. With less than 20 employees now after cuts and consolidations, it's is a possibility. How long would Mother Gannett hold out before shutting down (then weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66158801076149902212008-12-29T11:20:00.000-05:002008-12-29T11:20:00.000-05:00Clarion-Ledger Executive Editor Ronnie Agnew said ...Clarion-Ledger Executive Editor Ronnie Agnew said something similar to readers: http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20081228/COL0402/812280313/1161/OPINIONAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44770217852857641782008-12-29T10:37:00.000-05:002008-12-29T10:37:00.000-05:00Montgomery Advertiser is now down to two sections ...Montgomery Advertiser is now down to two sections on Monday and Tuesday, effective today. Twenty full pages with one page a bunch of local photos of kids playing in a park, and geese in a field, all wasted space. In clasified there is another full page of wasted space with 1/2 page for "moms like me" and another for apartments.com. So, now we are down to 18 pages of hard hitting news. Oh, wait a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15126378400011577802008-12-29T10:25:00.000-05:002008-12-29T10:25:00.000-05:00Today's Enquirer is the first to feature the chang...Today's Enquirer is the first to feature the changes. I'm surprised by how much I like it! It feels and reads like a newspaper; tighter layout, more newsy focus, less of the stuff I never looked at anyway, which i wouldn't have noticed missing if i hadn't been looking for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23811802695086694302008-12-29T09:39:00.000-05:002008-12-29T09:39:00.000-05:00We've shrunk three times in the past two years. We...We've shrunk three times in the past two years. We're at a 44-inch web now. All of the newspapers in the eastern part of Wisconsin will see their ad design move to mecca (Green Bay) early next year. The page layout for those sites is now done in Green Bay, with often disastrous results. Many of the sites have a consolidated copy desk/pagination function. Most of us have dropped our weekly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15237034576305477122008-12-29T08:28:00.000-05:002008-12-29T08:28:00.000-05:00From Wilmington:"In an extraordinarily difficult e...From Wilmington:<BR/><BR/>"In an extraordinarily difficult economy, The News Journal is moving to a more compact format. Yet, like bakers who take great care with each batch of bread baked, I can assure you that we will continue to pour enormous energy and brainpower into every edition that rolls off the press."<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/a4s8qkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90081739690942730182008-12-29T08:21:00.000-05:002008-12-29T08:21:00.000-05:00Buchanan's "issues" go well beyond the revenue cha...Buchanan's "issues" go well beyond the revenue challenges that she shares and they started well before the economy began to decline. <BR/><BR/>Lucky for her she has yet another excuse to use for her poor results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50742631981081329372008-12-29T05:23:00.000-05:002008-12-29T05:23:00.000-05:00Originality defeats the purpose of chain ownership...Originality defeats the purpose of chain ownership. Who needs a wordsmith as publisher for every paper? Better to have one wordsmith and 84 managers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57469990108379449422008-12-29T04:53:00.000-05:002008-12-29T04:53:00.000-05:00Originality cost money.Originality cost money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71280361355421542682008-12-28T23:50:00.000-05:002008-12-28T23:50:00.000-05:00Looks like another cookie cutter approach in the e...Looks like another cookie cutter approach in the explanations to readers. Our publisher wrote the same thing in his column. What a crock. Isn't anyone original anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com