tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post7010524773896917658..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Dec. 30-Jan. 5 | Your News & Comments: Part 2Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53335180131844298922014-01-07T13:48:06.253-05:002014-01-07T13:48:06.253-05:00Thanks for all the posts in this thread. I was cau...Thanks for all the posts in this thread. I was caught in the August layoffs after achieving some recent successes and recently completing 2 rounds of training intended to advance my career at Gannett. Gracia told us we were the chosen ones. I, too, feel that the favorites were left behind but it's true that they are simply wondering when the next shoe will drop. The last comment, from 11:30 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5389539253482496522014-01-06T21:16:40.233-05:002014-01-06T21:16:40.233-05:005:23, sounds like you don't have the time or e...5:23, sounds like you don't have the time or energy to keep posting here. Your contributions will be missed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20717212043172083462014-01-06T18:35:08.374-05:002014-01-06T18:35:08.374-05:00Maybe it will become clear when Netflix, Amazon or...Maybe it will become clear when Netflix, Amazon or Google gets the contract.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91047922017398590172014-01-06T17:23:28.584-05:002014-01-06T17:23:28.584-05:00prescription costs are outrageous under the only p...prescription costs are outrageous under the only plan offered. We have maintenance 90 day prescriptions that we pay 3.5 times more for this year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10521533894447270182014-01-06T16:42:23.328-05:002014-01-06T16:42:23.328-05:00What do you do for revenue the other how ever many...What do you do for revenue the other how ever many months when there are no Olymics? Hmmmmmm?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71164219228839337542014-01-05T19:15:07.668-05:002014-01-05T19:15:07.668-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23944357690561305962014-01-05T15:57:11.491-05:002014-01-05T15:57:11.491-05:0012:07 Enlighten us on that comment, since each of...12:07 Enlighten us on that comment, since each of the last 3 Olympics has been higher rated than the prior broadcasts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4878494770214614342014-01-05T11:30:14.865-05:002014-01-05T11:30:14.865-05:00I have to wonder if 12:43 pm worked at my (now for...I have to wonder if 12:43 pm worked at my (now former) site. Sounds exactly like the way our executives changed ... I could see our executive editor whistling by a person's desk on the way out. The man had no heart, and absolutely no class, and his obvious favoritism is pretty disgusting ... he clearly has his favorites, many are do-nothings who suck up. I was laid off after 2 1/2 decades ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18385524255513825442014-01-05T09:23:46.467-05:002014-01-05T09:23:46.467-05:00Okay, but some of us here moved 20% into GCI at av...Okay, but some of us here moved 20% into GCI at average of 14 and we've doubled that. Just recently diversified. But it was our largest increase of any fund. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58961788924784223432014-01-05T09:21:22.949-05:002014-01-05T09:21:22.949-05:00Thank goodness. That mileage rate was way too high...Thank goodness. That mileage rate was way too high. Now you get the gas money and take the rest off your taxes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67811466258048759742014-01-05T00:07:29.975-05:002014-01-05T00:07:29.975-05:00Actually, the Olympics is a great example of why b...Actually, the Olympics is a great example of why broadcast is as obsolete as print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19073875475652305962014-01-04T18:21:08.583-05:002014-01-04T18:21:08.583-05:00Gannett owns a lot of big-city NBC stations -- Atl...Gannett owns a lot of big-city NBC stations -- Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, Denver, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Seattle, St. Louis, to name a few. Advertisers pay a premium to run their ads during event programming like the Olympics.<br /><br />Newspaper geeks don't understand that and never will.Charles Everettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85322171628926623812014-01-04T17:45:10.225-05:002014-01-04T17:45:10.225-05:00Print declines continue no matter what is done to ...Print declines continue no matter what is done to content. We don't need to spend so much energy trying to re-engineer content - or money. Just manage the decline. It cannot be reversed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78622506497885930302014-01-04T14:57:01.855-05:002014-01-04T14:57:01.855-05:00Charles your wrong. Although Print ads I agree are...Charles your wrong. Although Print ads I agree are dwindling, they are still the #1 percentage maker for Gannett. Jim has run these numbers before and I wouldn't get so stuck on Belo and the Olympics. Remember they are in Russia and that would be 9 hours ahead EST. Every avenue of advertising is visited by business owners, and the people that can be reached. I think your kidding yourself, if Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85297558766745942702014-01-04T14:04:31.935-05:002014-01-04T14:04:31.935-05:00Charles is absolutely correct. Print is over. Fini...Charles is absolutely correct. Print is over. Finished. Count the number of ads in your paper on a weekday, heck even the weekend now, they are thin, extremely thin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25120446277865184302014-01-04T13:54:53.381-05:002014-01-04T13:54:53.381-05:00I heard Buffett bought The Press of Atlantic City ...I heard Buffett bought The Press of Atlantic City (N.J.) and cut the mileage rate from 54 to 34 cents per mile. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42231748055535973632014-01-04T09:36:51.895-05:002014-01-04T09:36:51.895-05:00Print is NOT keeping Gannett alive -- TV is. This ...Print is <b>NOT</b> keeping Gannett alive -- TV is. This will especially be true with the Winter Olympics taking place right after the Super Bowl.Charles Everettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25925138551097069122014-01-03T22:16:39.947-05:002014-01-03T22:16:39.947-05:00Shazam.Shazam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79443260932231217882014-01-03T20:44:58.373-05:002014-01-03T20:44:58.373-05:00How's that Deal Chickin coming?
Bock! Bock B...How's that Deal Chickin coming? <br /><br />Bock! Bock BOCK! <br /><br />Just askin' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20098002386627427982014-01-03T19:08:52.467-05:002014-01-03T19:08:52.467-05:00Sounds like a fortune cookie.Sounds like a fortune cookie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44138860967757252452014-01-03T15:13:29.348-05:002014-01-03T15:13:29.348-05:00Print is keeping this company alive, as digital is...Print is keeping this company alive, as digital is growing ever so slowly. Jim, please explain once again to the masses, the numbers on advertising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19293546375817207552014-01-03T14:34:04.934-05:002014-01-03T14:34:04.934-05:00 Many layoffs have taken place under the radar ... Many layoffs have taken place under the radar the last few years and have included many long time employees. Someone bravely goes to lunch and never returns or they disappear right before a holiday. The lack of class and respect given these people reflects badly on management and hurts the moral of those who remain. The sudden end and coldness of these situations might make for good parody inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81882482453117885192014-01-03T14:02:36.165-05:002014-01-03T14:02:36.165-05:00Those of us who bought in at $4/share in 2009 are ...Those of us who bought in at $4/share in 2009 are smiling! Here's hoping that GCI spins off print as a separate company and keeps the growth businesses.The shares will jump on the spinoff of print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89391342801204457072014-01-03T13:57:32.350-05:002014-01-03T13:57:32.350-05:00Careful what you wish for...Warren Buffett's n...Careful what you wish for...Warren Buffett's newly acquired papers are being run exactly like the rest...keep the high margins, set unrealistic revenue goals, lay off people when you can't achieve them and find expense cuts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80148080916338200052014-01-03T12:43:56.084-05:002014-01-03T12:43:56.084-05:00Well said. The thing I noted was how robotic the e...Well said. The thing I noted was how robotic the execs at my site became; once relatively decent sorts replaced by lizard types. I was a very flexibe "team player" sort. Any and all hours asked even at a minute's notice. Holidays worked. Days off worked. And this was not just for a short time; this was for a span of 25 years. For that, the very day I was laid off, the then-current Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com