tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post5632517344054817303..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: GCI said in content-sharing talks with News Corp.Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91985638385556554842010-06-16T06:30:33.185-04:002010-06-16T06:30:33.185-04:00Thursday's meeting is USAT-wide to update ever...Thursday's meeting is USAT-wide to update everyone on verticals. It was announced weeks ago. A note went out last week soliciting confidential questions ahead of the meeting.<br /><br />Much ado about nothing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33302169542350270782010-06-16T00:34:27.119-04:002010-06-16T00:34:27.119-04:00I wonder who 'MyBoss' actually works for!
...I wonder who 'MyBoss' actually works for!<br /><br />What is actually happening at USA Today is so different from what is being reported here.<br /><br />Thursday's newspaper-wide meeting with Dave Hunke hopefully will remove some of the confusion and dispel the lies or diversions being foisted upon us daily here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42898974615802695692010-06-15T23:31:23.318-04:002010-06-15T23:31:23.318-04:00Looks like we need another "MyBoss" upda...Looks like we need another "MyBoss" update...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29802363664749822202010-06-15T21:42:42.592-04:002010-06-15T21:42:42.592-04:00I see you will need a subscription to the WSJ to r...I see you will need a subscription to the WSJ to read that entire article. What it says is that News Corp. has purchased the Skiff e-reader software and IP site from Hearst, which has been trying to develop a Kindle-like newspaper reader. The purchase did not include the hardware, which Hearst still owns. It was software News Corp. was interested in because it can be read across all platforms, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65769280909281706542010-06-15T18:33:43.610-04:002010-06-15T18:33:43.610-04:00I think we may be going a little overboard on this...I think we may be going a little overboard on this report of a GCI-News Corp. alliance. A merger is not in the cards, but cooperation of GCI and other media companies with Murdoch is.<br />Here is a WSJ story today that indicates what is going on, although it doesn't mention Gannett's involvement:<br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703685404575306722457952854.html?mod=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25953167794433189522010-06-15T17:17:52.692-04:002010-06-15T17:17:52.692-04:00News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has had a long-stand...News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has had a long-standing interest in USA Today.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=129455" rel="nofollow">a Sept. 5, 2007, post on Jim Romenesko's blog</a>: "John Hartman, who has written two books about USA Today, says Rupert Murdoch reportedly offered to buy USA Today a decade ago for $1 billion."Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91241895405297942232010-06-15T16:34:57.197-04:002010-06-15T16:34:57.197-04:00I don't know that it makes a ton of sense to o...I don't know that it makes a ton of sense to own USAT if you don't have that backbone of local presence to draw news from.<br /><br />USAT selling content to WSJ doesn't sound likely either, nor vice versa --too much sleeping with the competition there.<br /><br />One company with two differently pitched products, WSJ to the more pure business executive traveller, and USAT to the moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52527887405206899862010-06-15T16:16:23.381-04:002010-06-15T16:16:23.381-04:00Perhaps News Corp plan to bid to buy USAT?Perhaps News Corp plan to bid to buy USAT?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44537879498977633862010-06-15T15:29:11.243-04:002010-06-15T15:29:11.243-04:00I am not aware of who Myboss is but I am a pretty ...I am not aware of who Myboss is but I am a pretty knowledgeable boss myself at USA TODAY and this sounds only partially true.<br /><br />It may very well be that there are talks under way to combine the sales of content in some joint plan to offer advertisers digital ads in USA TODAY and WSJ together. <br /><br />But joining the two newsrooms? No, not true. In fact, ludicrous.<br /><br />Sharing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4077797764704431162010-06-15T15:06:47.904-04:002010-06-15T15:06:47.904-04:00Umm, could this be the prelude to a general merger...Umm, could this be the prelude to a general merger, with divestment of the Gannett non-FOX TV stations as part of the way to pay for it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91218524421092570732010-06-15T14:19:58.372-04:002010-06-15T14:19:58.372-04:00The combination of the two Republican mouthpiece a...The combination of the two Republican mouthpiece arms of the mainstream media will solidify the right-wing shift America is about to experience... great ushers for fascism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com