tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post5200663436443724869..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Tucson | New Giffords pics by ex-Citizen photogJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21083322430838621552011-06-23T05:17:44.058-04:002011-06-23T05:17:44.058-04:00Regarding Westchester -
Anonymous said.. As a 25 ...Regarding Westchester - <br />Anonymous said.. As a 25 year plus Gannett veteran, who was just laid off on Tuesday June 21, it doesn't matter who runs Westchester internally- The Publisher, VP's and managers are all puppets. The place is run out of the East Group /Division with Don Lemire at the helmn. Westchester is the sequel to the titanic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89390266659211167542011-06-12T23:00:23.484-04:002011-06-12T23:00:23.484-04:00I wouldn't wish these sort of decisions on any...I wouldn't wish these sort of decisions on anyone. With public officials there are additional concerns since they are supposed to be working for us, not themselves or just their families.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8021123747903993862011-06-12T21:45:37.568-04:002011-06-12T21:45:37.568-04:00Don't worry about your comment adding to any p...Don't worry about your comment adding to any pressure, 9:08. I sincerely doubt the Giffords family is reading Gannett Blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20802119953735582042011-06-12T21:08:11.622-04:002011-06-12T21:08:11.622-04:00I don't want to add pressure on the family abo...I don't want to add pressure on the family about this, but I do want to note Congress is heading sometime in the next eight weeks towards a showdown over the debt limit, cutting in federal programs, increasing tax increases and dealing somehow with Medicare's long term viability. They probably will come to this conclusion very quickly, and it is likely to win approval in the House with a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10366142067061775552011-06-12T19:36:52.297-04:002011-06-12T19:36:52.297-04:00Confession time: This now comes down to two people...Confession time: This now comes down to two people, the editor and the reporter. If the editor did it without telling the reporter, it's a problem. And if the reporter did it without talking to an editor about it, then that is a problem, too.<br />But if they both talked about it and have some reason that it was done, no real problem except I as the average reader would like to hear what thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37337849988648565812011-06-12T18:30:13.543-04:002011-06-12T18:30:13.543-04:006:14 should be easy to confirm this happened by ca...6:14 should be easy to confirm this happened by calling Gifford's office. Once you do this, no one respects you anymore, including confidences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9836967275606436712011-06-12T18:28:25.046-04:002011-06-12T18:28:25.046-04:006:14, nice try, but I am employed and a big produc...6:14, nice try, but I am employed and a big producer. And I'm not bitter. If a Gannett editor tried to cut a deal that gave up editorial control, that is a problem. If you are a reporter, would you want your subject to sign off what you write before its published? Would you want your bosses to make that call? Even at ethically challenged Garnett, what the REPUBLIC may have offered was wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18959653827077359082011-06-12T18:23:52.064-04:002011-06-12T18:23:52.064-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76137856889517815192011-06-12T18:14:57.809-04:002011-06-12T18:14:57.809-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76106301194403821482011-06-12T16:51:10.241-04:002011-06-12T16:51:10.241-04:002:18 That's a serious accusation. What's y...2:18 That's a serious accusation. What's your evidence that editors ceded control? Can you provide links to stories?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36591786914957808982011-06-12T15:40:53.506-04:002011-06-12T15:40:53.506-04:00Someone hit a nerve? So dish the full story to the...Someone hit a nerve? So dish the full story to the rest of us here who are curious:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33313636148353128812011-06-12T15:03:27.996-04:002011-06-12T15:03:27.996-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40935613698051940722011-06-12T14:32:37.064-04:002011-06-12T14:32:37.064-04:00Ceding editorial control, even under this circumst...Ceding editorial control, even under this circumstance, would have been a serious ethical lapse. So if that's true, someone oughta 'splain that to Republic editors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2868394860293078852011-06-12T14:18:14.898-04:002011-06-12T14:18:14.898-04:00The Citizen still has a web site, so that might co...The Citizen still has a web site, so that might count and keep the JOA alive. Gannett's shuttering of the Citizen is one the most shameful things it's done. <br /><br />I'm glad PK was asked to photograph Gabby. He's a good guy and a good photographer. I know for a fact that the Republic did everything they could, including ceding some editorial control to Giffords' staff on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51413015527056949722011-06-12T14:04:58.471-04:002011-06-12T14:04:58.471-04:00However, the most recent 10-K report to the SEC su...However, the most recent 10-K report to the SEC suggests the JOA still exists. Here's the relevant language:<br /><br />"Through May 2009, the company also published the Tucson Citizen through the Tucson joint operating agency in which the company held a 50% interest. Because of challenges facing the publishing industry, combined with the difficult economy, particularly in the Tucson Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-88087750912016687302011-06-12T14:01:51.220-04:002011-06-12T14:01:51.220-04:00Thank you for that clarification, 1:56.Thank you for that clarification, 1:56.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51378376346637023752011-06-12T13:56:55.965-04:002011-06-12T13:56:55.965-04:00Jim, the JOA was dissolved when the Citizen ceased...Jim, the JOA was dissolved when the Citizen ceased publishing - there aren't two newspapers anymore, so there's not need for a JOA operating under the Newspaper Preservation Act.<br /><br />In its place is a 50/50 partnership between Gannett and Lee, dividing the spoils of the Star.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15521109200697597012011-06-12T12:01:43.794-04:002011-06-12T12:01:43.794-04:0011:47 I know. I once had a huge crush on someone w...11:47 I know. I once had a huge crush on someone who worked there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28154823034670980452011-06-12T11:47:00.835-04:002011-06-12T11:47:00.835-04:0011:35 The Arizona Daily Star -- the paper I believ...11:35 The Arizona Daily Star -- the paper I believe you're referring to -- was given copies of the photos by her staff, as was the Republic.<br /><br />Background: The Star, owned by Lee Enterprises, is published via a joint operating agency owned 50-50 by Lee and Gannett. The Citizen was the other, smaller paper in that JOA until Gannett closed the daily in May 2009, and replaced it with an Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-13978047599464002882011-06-12T11:35:40.821-04:002011-06-12T11:35:40.821-04:00Do you think anyone at the Tucson Star knows this?...Do you think anyone at the Tucson Star knows this? Maybe their photo department should have asked Gifford's office if they could take her picture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com