tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post5552704009550965051..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: March 11-17 | Your News & Comments: Part 3Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47998436222366052152013-03-15T21:20:57.943-04:002013-03-15T21:20:57.943-04:001:25, that makes no sense. Try to think first and ...1:25, that makes no sense. Try to think first and then post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87850044472731378732013-03-15T21:19:34.219-04:002013-03-15T21:19:34.219-04:0012:15, millions of people still watch prime-time T...12:15, millions of people still watch prime-time TV. So you are entirely wrong on that.<br /><br />As fun as it would be to go through each of your bogus claims and shoot you down, I'll rest on proving "anything" you said is false.<br /><br />Your "way" is not the way it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33534101438316099802013-03-15T17:28:50.364-04:002013-03-15T17:28:50.364-04:00Great, succint and reasoned questions. This is exa...Great, succint and reasoned questions. This is exactly why I check this blog. I can deal with all the dust and immaturity as long as there's a post like 6:09's once in a while.<br /><br />So here's my deal, as a general response: I like print. I like digital. I use both — depending on what its application is, no pun intended. I can't possibly be the only one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77851631843783432482013-03-15T17:23:39.622-04:002013-03-15T17:23:39.622-04:00Now who's pulling down stories?Now who's pulling down stories?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73376042075680605122013-03-15T01:14:12.034-04:002013-03-15T01:14:12.034-04:00Yet the decline has slowed the past year or so. Ye...Yet the decline has slowed the past year or so. Yes print will never return to it's glory days but there does still seem to be a place for it for companies willing to accept smaller profits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44934655460111480742013-03-14T23:01:45.535-04:002013-03-14T23:01:45.535-04:00Does anyone remember the Y2K groups that were form...Does anyone remember the Y2K groups that were formed in 1999 to talk about the future of Gannett? Lots of great ideas were discussed, including going digital before digital was the "thing" and all was dismissed and ignored. Biggest waste of time and energy ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38876494446862681972013-03-14T18:09:14.788-04:002013-03-14T18:09:14.788-04:00Sorry for the sarcasm. I mean no disrespect; howe...Sorry for the sarcasm. I mean no disrespect; however, here are some questions for you to ponder: If in 2013 a corporation approched the print medium with the very best content (or mentality) available, do you think its going to be a good investment for readers, advertisers and wall street? Stop and think from a consumer's stand point: how much money do you personally spend a month on print Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44565030383511128922013-03-14T14:36:45.058-04:002013-03-14T14:36:45.058-04:00Wrong, it is the mentality that says we are not go...Wrong, it is the mentality that says we are not going to produce good content that people are willing to pay money to read. The mentality that produces content that cannot compete with the free content, which is of poor quality too.<br /><br />The bad attitude and the sarcasm or more like personal problems that you should work on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86114857693795329322013-03-14T13:39:35.747-04:002013-03-14T13:39:35.747-04:00Yeah its not the fact that content, is free, bette...Yeah its not the fact that content, is free, better and available everwhere thats killing it. Its a bad attitude. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87372227819668775552013-03-14T13:34:52.737-04:002013-03-14T13:34:52.737-04:00@8:05P - a pay on USAT will never work. Who would...@8:05P - a pay on USAT will never work. Who would buy it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81393962527107647292013-03-14T13:33:05.019-04:002013-03-14T13:33:05.019-04:00Or that mentality is killing it.Or that mentality is killing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84827373737518398062013-03-14T12:15:09.406-04:002013-03-14T12:15:09.406-04:00Ok, 11:22pm, prove that anything I said is false o...Ok, 11:22pm, prove that anything I said is false on its merits. The evidence is ALL over the Internet. Do a quick google search on anything I stated about media habits and consumers. <br /><br />And, I have specific knowledge to know that the so-called leadership team is absolutely NOT interested in developing a company-wide innovation process to push forward new and disruptive products and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6319022123936070692013-03-14T12:11:24.970-04:002013-03-14T12:11:24.970-04:00You all know this, and so does GANNETT. PRINT IS ...You all know this, and so does GANNETT. PRINT IS DEAD. It is totally impossible to reap any growth from newspapers. Magazines maybe, but not much grow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34286314511770389492013-03-14T11:42:18.504-04:002013-03-14T11:42:18.504-04:00I would also add that this sort of practice does a...I would also add that this sort of practice does all sorts of things that distort the basic economics of the businesses. In our case, instead of trying to maximize the value of the locals through properly subscription pricing and efforts to boost print circulation, you can have inefficiencies in your efforts to drive the digital side. You might be willing leave 2 bucks on the table in the printAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10305440873082271632013-03-14T10:46:38.653-04:002013-03-14T10:46:38.653-04:00As I wrote, no more than four times yearly. Last y...As I wrote, no more than four times yearly. Last year, it was twice, and that included a flu shot.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78991643605276149332013-03-14T10:10:39.918-04:002013-03-14T10:10:39.918-04:00Four times a year Jim? That (excluding dental vis...Four times a year Jim? That (excluding dental visits) hardly speaks well for your health; hope all is well with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36287334630084904242013-03-14T10:05:29.182-04:002013-03-14T10:05:29.182-04:00Anyone who thinks Obama Care is the right prescrip...Anyone who thinks Obama Care is the right prescription for health care is still not paying attention to the facts; and that unfortunately includes too many professional journalists here. <br /><br />Employers (including Advertisers who support Gannett) have already begun cutting costs, limiting hours worked, delaying hiring, cutting jobs and reducing benefits and or passing along higher taxes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38226161793015925382013-03-14T10:00:49.554-04:002013-03-14T10:00:49.554-04:00So you're OK with it going from $90 to $21 jus...So you're OK with it going from $90 to $21 just because you bought it at $4?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62345237970826650732013-03-14T09:26:38.419-04:002013-03-14T09:26:38.419-04:00The Fox Sports upfront had a major announcement th...The Fox Sports upfront had a major announcement that was long rumored -- Fox Sports 1, a new national sports channel that signs on in August. Gannett didn't have anything comparable.Charles Everettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24980291380374285542013-03-14T09:26:29.982-04:002013-03-14T09:26:29.982-04:00Jim, I would add that there is a lot of financial ...Jim, I would add that there is a lot of financial engineering between print and digital. There is a very real effort to cannibalize print in an effort show progress in digital. We see this in the new subscription pricing where the print rates increase 40% to drive the business to the digital side. Then we see the big wigs selling that to wall street to boost the stock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91416416860553122692013-03-14T09:01:44.044-04:002013-03-14T09:01:44.044-04:00How can you this dispute this?
Print revenue has b...How can you this dispute this?<br />Print revenue has been on the decline in a big way for the fifth year in row.<br />Successful corporations on the grow show yearly revenue increases at the levels Gannett has dropped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58559708952945652252013-03-14T01:25:41.152-04:002013-03-14T01:25:41.152-04:00Sorry, but anyone who stays in a job is by definit...Sorry, but anyone who stays in a job is by definition being paid what he's worth. The 13th Amendment is still in force.<br /><br />If you want to enhance your earning potential, then get out of a dead-end industry and get into a growing one. Otherwise, quit being a victim and a crybaby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62320340971799510982013-03-14T00:22:22.160-04:002013-03-14T00:22:22.160-04:00They're asking for a comment thread, not an an...They're asking for a comment thread, not an analysis. Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3696352359473928882013-03-13T23:36:37.181-04:002013-03-13T23:36:37.181-04:0010:36,
Good question. Gannett has shown over and...10:36, <br /> Good question. Gannett has shown over and over that it isn't clever enough to come up with anything on its own, and that applies to punitive HR practices. It goes to its practice of slipping falsified or exaggerated job-performance flaws into workers' evaluation. It goes to its practice of having two or three managers in confrontational private meetings with "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82275462116936465382013-03-13T23:22:15.386-04:002013-03-13T23:22:15.386-04:0011:03, you are wrong with so much of that. It'...11:03, you are wrong with so much of that. It's tough to figure out even where to start refuting your nonsense. You have no sources, only unsubstantiated claims.<br /><br />It's not the way it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com