tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post7432278651806831822..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Nov. 26-Dec. 4 | Your News & Comments: Part 4Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85519434444307896612012-12-03T15:12:00.099-05:002012-12-03T15:12:00.099-05:00So there is more consolidation in the mists? Pray ...So there is more consolidation in the mists? Pray tell...who is this group? Layoffs? Are furloughs a thing of the past?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77007111544690276352012-12-03T09:34:31.308-05:002012-12-03T09:34:31.308-05:00You dont promote a regional vice president over a ...You dont promote a regional vice president over a division president . Even an incompetent like Dickey. No, they will go for someone outside. If Martore gives a shit, she would start looking now. Nothing lasts forever. Even a dying corpse like Usa Today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28251734135087947542012-12-03T09:17:54.696-05:002012-12-03T09:17:54.696-05:00Jim, are you forgetting the last broadcast divisio...Jim, are you forgetting the last broadcast division head elevated to CEO, CRAIG FENCH CHATEAU HATER DUBOW. A complete failure. The company needs someone with publishing/digitsl operational experience.<br /><br />As far as waiting four years, look at companies such as HP and Lockheed Martin, and McDonalds, which lose executives to malfeasance and illness unexpectedly. No, smart companies need Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45741899786603615302012-12-02T22:44:06.090-05:002012-12-02T22:44:06.090-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84765709578622265612012-12-02T22:37:06.416-05:002012-12-02T22:37:06.416-05:00 hey 9:31, better be some hungry fishes.............. hey 9:31, better be some hungry fishes..................thats alotta meat for them to chew on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39467011323409836802012-12-02T02:02:49.216-05:002012-12-02T02:02:49.216-05:00Martore doesn't face mandatory retirement unti...Martore doesn't face mandatory retirement until she turns 65, so she's got four more years. Lots can happen in that time.<br /><br />Also, you forgot Dave Lougee, president of the broadcasting division. He's only in his mid-50s.<br /><br />Plus, out in the field, there are four newspaper group presidents who could be promoted to president of the entire newspaper division, a Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5842546844698154012012-12-02T01:51:29.558-05:002012-12-02T01:51:29.558-05:00You have to wonder who will run the "senior l...You have to wonder who will run the "senior leadership" team when Martore retires in a few years. golfing dickey? No way. New CFO? Nope. Digital genius Payne? Anyone quoted in the trade press as saying he was "pissed off" about something is too much of a loose cannon. <br /><br />So what's the succession plan that any forward thinking board would have in place if Martore Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66063402639232686942012-12-01T13:42:26.772-05:002012-12-01T13:42:26.772-05:00This Usa Today sad sack doesnt like much, doesnt c...This Usa Today sad sack doesnt like much, doesnt care for founders legacy contracts and godzillion new managers to lord over a shrinking cast of producing worker bees, but says she has no problem with Micek and anyone else going on TV to advocate the brand. Lets lighten up a bit. Have you seen the crap people want to read and see on our website?, its reality show and celebrity crap. This is our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66357070832555655992012-11-30T22:39:02.283-05:002012-11-30T22:39:02.283-05:0010:21 Ditto for CEO Gracia Martore and the rest of...10:21 Ditto for <a href="http://www.gannett.com/article/99999999/WHOWEARE04/110714008" rel="nofollow">CEO Gracia Martore and the rest of her leadership team.</a>Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40807750324464722262012-11-30T22:22:29.834-05:002012-11-30T22:22:29.834-05:00That would be diversity...duh...That would be diversity...duh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62635166145089750712012-11-30T22:21:27.211-05:002012-11-30T22:21:27.211-05:00So much for adversity.....
http://www.desmoinesreg...So much for adversity.....<br />http://www.desmoinesregister.com/section/CONTACTS10#officers<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45503188488208900342012-11-30T22:02:22.014-05:002012-11-30T22:02:22.014-05:00You current (should ex by now)employees would be m...You current (should ex by now)employees would be much happier if you just excepted the fact that layoffs will always be part of the Gannett solution.<br />You live in constant fear of more layoffs. So much to point that most are in a state of denial.Even the mention of layoffs here creates stress, tension and anger.<br />You just don't want it discussed.<br />Silence and denial means it won&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14077547530958127522012-11-30T21:31:36.137-05:002012-11-30T21:31:36.137-05:00AFL web printing and queen Antoinette sleep with t...AFL web printing and queen Antoinette sleep with the fishsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24297784622746916462012-11-30T21:16:57.755-05:002012-11-30T21:16:57.755-05:007:58 I look forward to the next analyst call to se...7:58 I look forward to the next analyst call to see how "kick ass" the ad numbers are.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67110440799754172432012-11-30T20:54:26.200-05:002012-11-30T20:54:26.200-05:00if phx union decertifies that's just what the ...if phx union decertifies that's just what the company wants ! yea you will get 100% sick pay and 4 weeks vacation, but.... staffing lost (3-4 man crews), layoffs, furloughs, performance reviews for each person, now think about it !<br />but no union dues ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24797119546538311812012-11-30T20:45:49.695-05:002012-11-30T20:45:49.695-05:00Not sure if 7:39 is correct on timing - but there ...Not sure if 7:39 is correct on timing - but there is consolidation going on which means they are correct about layoffs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50852964907470698662012-11-30T20:08:34.648-05:002012-11-30T20:08:34.648-05:007:39 not true. You are a LIAR. 7:39 not true. You are a LIAR. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29135897688863808992012-11-30T20:01:12.922-05:002012-11-30T20:01:12.922-05:00Two words .... Hostess AFL. Way to put yourself ou...Two words .... Hostess AFL. Way to put yourself out of work union brothers. You showed them alright. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37580929394566655942012-11-30T19:58:30.855-05:002012-11-30T19:58:30.855-05:001:38 that is nothing more than advertising envy. S...1:38 that is nothing more than advertising envy. She and her team are kicking ass. You are sooooo wrong. Tell us about your successful career. CricketsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9831055180983675282012-11-30T19:55:18.689-05:002012-11-30T19:55:18.689-05:001;54 you are obviously a hater. No one but you USA...1;54 you are obviously a hater. No one but you USAT sad sacks give a hoot. It was a fun show nothing more nothing less. It would be nice if you so called Founders would remember that Al created to be the anti NYT. It was always suppose to be what it is. Enough with the eternal hand wringing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12279368316524768972012-11-30T19:39:45.441-05:002012-11-30T19:39:45.441-05:00Heads up layoffs coming mid December heard it from...Heads up layoffs coming mid December heard it from a GPS general manager today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68747630671857030972012-11-30T19:10:11.660-05:002012-11-30T19:10:11.660-05:00to 11:56
Well, digital reps didn't exactly sta...to 11:56<br />Well, digital reps didn't exactly start with, as you put it, a 0 book of clients. In the beginning years of web presence, digital ads were sold as a rider to print ads, thus building the groundwork for the digital reps. It was urged to the print reps to sell digital with each and every print ad, sometimes for free with extended contracts, and back then the cost of digital ads Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71153643415988993662012-11-30T18:56:21.171-05:002012-11-30T18:56:21.171-05:00Scientists have finally measured the shortest time...Scientists have finally measured the shortest time span ever recorded: the time between Maryam's missive arriving in my in-box, and my deleting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86560326342668690332012-11-30T18:38:03.815-05:002012-11-30T18:38:03.815-05:00In Friday's UT sports Section, there was a sma...In Friday's UT sports Section, there was a small article that mentioned that Louisville beat Rutgers in the Big East Championship game Thursday night. They say in the article they will play in the Orange Bowl. On the back of the Sports Section (Big Layout) they predict Bowl games. They pick Rutgers (who lost last night) to play in the Orange Bowl. Sloppy Sloppy Sloppy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46593032296438210432012-11-30T18:23:57.616-05:002012-11-30T18:23:57.616-05:00The fall of the union at Az. Republic is it so.
Th...The fall of the union at Az. Republic is it so.<br />The members continue to fight each other,They file charges on each other.it is rumoured that our president of the union will signe any contract as long as it saves her job.and its no secret that our hiring chairman works for the company than his own union brothersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com