tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post5891435941154823911..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: July 25-31 | Your News & Comments: Part 4Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90942808098606766582011-07-31T05:32:48.448-04:002011-07-31T05:32:48.448-04:0010:41 Please re-read my comment. You will see I at...10:41 Please re-read my comment. You will see I attributed that information about Hollingsworh's onsite visit at Shreveport to "one of my readers."Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61866168675434789612011-07-31T03:36:21.886-04:002011-07-31T03:36:21.886-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76522599105587565622011-07-31T00:19:59.264-04:002011-07-31T00:19:59.264-04:00Bon soir!Bon soir!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5081941337868563682011-07-31T00:18:45.870-04:002011-07-31T00:18:45.870-04:00Craig vous assumez l'orthographe de votre nom ...Craig vous assumez l'orthographe de votre nom etait dans l'erreur. Vous savez ce qu'ils decent sur assumes? Bon door mon ami!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22290349990015940062011-07-30T22:41:08.107-04:002011-07-30T22:41:08.107-04:0010:39 Jim: your posts creates the Impresion you we...10:39 Jim: your posts creates the Impresion you were there. You don't refer to a source. Unless you were there you should indicate a source shared this information. You are a Mirror Award winner right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39868024971878491302011-07-30T22:18:26.465-04:002011-07-30T22:18:26.465-04:00I love it when people post anonymously and can'...I love it when people post anonymously and can't even spell my non-anonymous name right. So Gannett. No facts to argue their view, just personal jabs and slights. Gannett, again.<br /><br />Dude probably can't even speak French. So any pronunciation is incidental.<br /><br />I mention this because it demonstrates the terminal disconnct regarding this company. Lot of folks, their noses Craig Seviernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62172734512809101242011-07-30T14:37:53.129-04:002011-07-30T14:37:53.129-04:00Deal Chicken might be good for the company's b...Deal Chicken might be good for the company's bottom line and what appears to be the shift from news to marketing.<br /><br />It's not going to do a darn thing for the community papers. Dubow and Martore aren't going to throw anything at the papers. In fact, a huge chunk of what the papers make winds back at corporate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63749991554843402612011-07-30T12:51:58.459-04:002011-07-30T12:51:58.459-04:00DealChicken or Groupon- who cares. This form of d...DealChicken or Groupon- who cares. This form of deals will get boring. I have already seen many offers in Phoenix that are NOT great deals. I also know some business owners in this and other markets that can see that low offers like these won't build their business. Price sensitive customers are seldom that loyal. Gannett was late to the table. (Didn't they read Guerilla Marketing- beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75773359733503980572011-07-30T11:23:07.937-04:002011-07-30T11:23:07.937-04:00With projections like that you should run for Cong...With projections like that you should run for Congress. No basis in reality whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-70007425197297153762011-07-30T08:10:58.990-04:002011-07-30T08:10:58.990-04:00Let's do the math, $6000 times 50 sites. $300,...Let's do the math, $6000 times 50 sites. $300,000. Five days a week for fifty two weeks = $78 million. Yeah we couldn't use that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18597894663168099862011-07-30T08:02:36.021-04:002011-07-30T08:02:36.021-04:00So what's the real revenue on Reno's dealC...So what's the real revenue on Reno's dealChicken? <br /><br />If we get to keep around half, that's about $6,000 on the steak deal.<br /><br />I honestly can't remember the last time I had steak so I don't know if that's a good deal for the customers. Not vegetarian, just can't afford it.<br /><br />Hopefully it's a big plus for the meat place - because if sinks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29111930550840654652011-07-30T07:43:49.609-04:002011-07-30T07:43:49.609-04:00"Sales professional"? Boy, that phrase i..."Sales professional"? Boy, that phrase is a dead giveaway. Makes me wonder if Gannett's PR department has interns. Anyone know?<br /><br />10:13, I recognize your writing style as the same poster who was super-duper excited about the Your Life vertical and had like a gazilion ideas for it, none of them good or original. And when you were told that, you just decided people were beingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11641727906553192122011-07-30T07:26:29.832-04:002011-07-30T07:26:29.832-04:00Reno chicken deal, a little more info.
4 deals so ...Reno chicken deal, a little more info.<br />4 deals so far.<br />1 netted about 27 buys...Some Casino deal<br />1 netted about 586 buys.....12 steaks for 22 bucks.<br />1 netted about 21 buys....pizza half price<br />the latest deal has been running for almost 2 days, and has sold 5 units....that's 5 buy-ins for a tan.<br /><br />It's Reno, in the summer I think you can tan while walking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25531899854168636302011-07-30T01:40:41.544-04:002011-07-30T01:40:41.544-04:009:44 is right, and to make things worse for newspa...9:44 is right, and to make things worse for newspapers is that money spent with DealChicken goes straight to DC and that Blasted Crystal Palace. So it's actually costing the newspaper money and will hasten the downward spiral and ongoing hemorrhage of jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40495183026335321402011-07-29T22:59:54.431-04:002011-07-29T22:59:54.431-04:009:44 is absolutely right.9:44 is absolutely right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50442693757946772842011-07-29T22:13:41.016-04:002011-07-29T22:13:41.016-04:00Boy 9:44 I hope you aren't a sales professiona...Boy 9:44 I hope you aren't a sales professional for my company. Maybe just maybe we are taking money destined for Radio, outdoor, web etc. If you are in leadership we really are in trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8734605450975026412011-07-29T21:44:15.946-04:002011-07-29T21:44:15.946-04:00OK, success or failure of Deal Chicken, you need t...OK, success or failure of Deal Chicken, you need to understand that as with any new ad venture by Gannett (front page ads, young person pubs, specialty pubs, etc.), it is nothing more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. If Business X has an ad budget of $500 or $5,000 to spend for the year, that is what they are going to spend ...no more. So you took money they were going to spend onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59155246024716310452011-07-29T21:26:21.501-04:002011-07-29T21:26:21.501-04:00Bravo Reno! Despite what sour puss, no one ever pa...Bravo Reno! Despite what sour puss, no one ever paid any attention to me Severe thinks, Your Deal Chicken offer was a huge success. Keep up the good work and don't pay attention to Haiku Craig!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9004458704336701632011-07-29T21:01:26.463-04:002011-07-29T21:01:26.463-04:00"Heard through the grapevine that any designe..."Heard through the grapevine that any designers who stay on through the design-studio switch (date still TBD) would receive a lump sum worth four week's pay in addition to transitional pay if they were then laid off."<br /><br />Yeah, I heard something similar during the ad production consolidation. Didn't happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17081964182842775632011-07-29T20:35:16.659-04:002011-07-29T20:35:16.659-04:00I can tell you first hand about manipulated stats....I can tell you first hand about manipulated stats.<br /><br />I can tell you first hand about how any wipe the asses of the managers.<br /><br />I spent 25 years believing in the medium. Still not cool with believing that somehow it became a world that was sucking/licking the last drip of waste.<br /><br />Some people here attack me. I don't care. They're just defendin' their trip.<brCraig Seviernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27176076843728790282011-07-29T20:26:53.801-04:002011-07-29T20:26:53.801-04:00Really? "Reno Deal Chicken sold 585 deals?&qu...Really? "Reno Deal Chicken sold 585 deals?" Post the stats. First, there is nothing "Reno" about it. Despite my wished-for reputation, I know a lot about clients close enough that they noticed right away when their campaign was sent to Indiana or India. That's not some brag. They lit into me when I patronized their stores. They liked my work.<br /><br />They say directly Craig Seviernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51187486789814545332011-07-29T18:27:36.382-04:002011-07-29T18:27:36.382-04:00I agree with 4:55 - I think we must be careful in ...I agree with 4:55 - I think we must be careful in characterizing NYT as any type of success story. This is the same NYT which has yet to "keep it trill" about how much that pay wall cost them...<br /><br />Meanwhile, WSJ is a special case. Assuming that it's not burned by this NewsCorp dustup, it's a strong publication in general because of who it serves: The Street. Nobody on The Hostile Negresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447294074634723317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54598720981642208102011-07-29T17:42:14.003-04:002011-07-29T17:42:14.003-04:00Nobody really has the guts to manage "up"...Nobody really has the guts to manage "up" once you get past middle management. The higher you go, the fewer guts you possess, and it becomes a bunch of "yes" people. They once told the folks in Phoenix that with the "world class" transition, they would begin a bottoms-up structure; however, that philosophy NEVER got off the ground, as nobody really cares what'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54249784891198483342011-07-29T17:23:14.594-04:002011-07-29T17:23:14.594-04:004:55:
1. The NYT Co.'s loss was principally b...4:55:<br /><br />1. The NYT Co.'s loss was principally because of a write-down of assets. here's what they said:<br /><br />"The Company had an operating loss of $114.1 million in the second quarter of 2011 compared with operating profit of $60.8 million in the same period of 2010. Excluding depreciation, amortization, severance and the special items in 2011 discussed below, Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57439186205484769172011-07-29T16:55:01.196-04:002011-07-29T16:55:01.196-04:00Jim, etc....the NYTimes had 2nd Qtr loss of $114 ...Jim, etc....the NYTimes had 2nd Qtr loss of $114 Million. Print ad revenue down 6.4% and digital did not offset this.<br /><br />EVERYONE knows the NYT is the premier journalistic product in the country. They have cut tons...don't kid yourself. BUT even they can't stop the print revenue slide.<br /><br />Stop spinning the facts. Of course they are a great paper....they've always Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com