tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post8082066952694241396..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Sept. 12-18 | Your News & Comments: Part 3Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20142231295445480912011-09-15T22:41:02.912-04:002011-09-15T22:41:02.912-04:00@3:14 - and you are another person who would have ...@3:14 - and you are another person who would have had absolutely no understanding of your audience, had you been in my city. <br /><br />It's been five years or so, and the people whose salaries were published are still pissed off. And thousands did cancel subscriptions.<br /><br />Public information? Maybe. There's a ton of public information out there that doesn't rise to the level Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85578817281729721482011-09-15T09:23:10.976-04:002011-09-15T09:23:10.976-04:00@2:29 AM -- There was no intent to suggest publish...@2:29 AM -- There was no intent to suggest publishing public employee pay as investigative journalism as it’s not even close. Catching a finance director as we did isn’t either.<br /><br />The larger question to @6:31 is just how far would they go in limiting coverage to save subscribers. If they yield on such innocuous, widely available info on public pay (other sources, even govt provides it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74630776996554768542011-09-15T05:50:47.466-04:002011-09-15T05:50:47.466-04:00What came out of the USAT Sports meeting yesterday...What came out of the USAT Sports meeting yesterday with Tom Beusse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1969349205125290332011-09-15T03:14:06.948-04:002011-09-15T03:14:06.948-04:00Amazing, are there people like 2:29 arguing that p...Amazing, are there people like 2:29 arguing that publishing the salaries of public employees -- I feel embarrassed that I have to make clear that those are taxpayer-funded jobs -- is a bad idea?<br />I'm willing to bet a ton there were very few cancelled subscriptions over that. A horrible invasion of privacy??? WTF? You work on the public payroll. <br />If papers are scared to print this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39256178247477055502011-09-15T02:29:47.522-04:002011-09-15T02:29:47.522-04:00I wouldn't call publishing a database as a spr...I wouldn't call publishing a database as a spreadsheet with a throw-away story "investigative journalism." Plus, it showed a total ignorance of the audience. The public employee earning tables might be de rigueur out East, as someone told me. In the Midwest, not so much. It was seen by many (if not most) locals as a horrible invasion of privacy. And what's more, I don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43114368053836566242011-09-15T00:00:42.076-04:002011-09-15T00:00:42.076-04:00@ 6:31 PM – To extend your logic, should newspaper...@ 6:31 PM – To extend your logic, should newspapers stop investigative reporting on govt too?<br /><br />Frankly, plenty of newspapers provide access to what you protested about then, and now. Why? Because taxpayers want to know where their money goes - and they should, which explains why these sections are highly read by all. Even by public employees as they bought more single copies when we didAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33880439491384596442011-09-14T23:58:06.923-04:002011-09-14T23:58:06.923-04:008:25, what did 8:05 post? I don't see a commen...8:25, what did 8:05 post? I don't see a comment with 8:05?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89173496276562339312011-09-14T23:47:41.195-04:002011-09-14T23:47:41.195-04:00http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2011/09/14/...http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2011/09/14/fort-collins-newspaper-editor-leaving.html?ana=yfcpcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69953817052627595202011-09-14T20:28:11.221-04:002011-09-14T20:28:11.221-04:00Once again 8:05 you are wrong.Once again 8:05 you are wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57456373953672949982011-09-14T20:11:28.954-04:002011-09-14T20:11:28.954-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74904264034046613092011-09-14T18:31:03.125-04:002011-09-14T18:31:03.125-04:00@12:05 - not to mention the genius move a few year...@12:05 - not to mention the genius move a few years back to publish all the state workers' salaries, a move people tried to warn them would result in huge numbers of cancellations by said workers. The smartest guys in the room went ahead with it anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48594168004295050352011-09-14T17:52:30.336-04:002011-09-14T17:52:30.336-04:00Not related to anything on the blog lately, but he...Not related to anything on the blog lately, but here's a nice item about a Freep reporter who jumped in and may have saved the life of someone in an overturned SUV last night on his way home from work - <br /><br />http://www.stiffjab.net/post/10207961308/detroit-free-press-reporter-steve-neavling-sounds-likeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38107617188975165772011-09-14T16:47:40.521-04:002011-09-14T16:47:40.521-04:00Who is going to print all the new papers?Who is going to print all the new papers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86585603702017830332011-09-14T16:11:42.122-04:002011-09-14T16:11:42.122-04:00It's amazing that there's anyone left to c...It's amazing that there's anyone left to cut at the Philly Inquirer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30159752786896495162011-09-14T16:02:24.599-04:002011-09-14T16:02:24.599-04:00Hey, Asbury Park Pressers: Are you missing Hollis ...Hey, Asbury Park Pressers: Are you missing Hollis Towns as get to be Mr. Bigshot at the APME meeting in Denver?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12402905536103669422011-09-14T14:34:52.093-04:002011-09-14T14:34:52.093-04:00Regarding Jill Abramson's quote....
That all ...Regarding Jill Abramson's quote....<br /><br />That all sounds good and makes for interesting reading, but I have a feeling the reality of how she feels is quite different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82813728970112015272011-09-14T13:09:35.359-04:002011-09-14T13:09:35.359-04:0010:00 and 10:41: Of the five small Ohio dailies ...10:00 and 10:41: Of the five small Ohio dailies listed among the top 15 circulation losers, two of them were not part of the 2000 package. Both the News-Messenger, Fremont, and the News Herald, Port Clinton, were acquired by Gannett in 1975 or '76. Regardless, both papers were among the other small Ohio dailies to fall victim to totally incompetent management, both at the local level and atAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85933779510127234812011-09-14T12:05:55.477-04:002011-09-14T12:05:55.477-04:00I'm not surprised that Lansing is No. 15 for l...I'm not surprised that Lansing is No. 15 for losing circulation. The current newsroom top management lack the skills needed to run a middle-school paper. They've turned a fairly interesting publication with some good writers into an appalling snoozer. Even without the Internet, that publication would be bleeding readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22739471934341280662011-09-14T11:53:59.403-04:002011-09-14T11:53:59.403-04:00How many of you feel appreciated by your bosses? C...How many of you feel appreciated by your bosses? Check out this quote from Jill Abramson of the New York Times: <br /><br />Thinking about The Times broadly, have you identified a particular weakness?<br /><br />I think we have gotten more creative in the ways that we retain our talent, but we have had departures from various corners of the organization. Luckily, we have been able to hire some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77395067519331230322011-09-14T11:52:04.125-04:002011-09-14T11:52:04.125-04:00A fascinating interview about the future of newspa...A fascinating interview about the future of newspapers: <br /><br />Dean Singleton: You know, MediaNews today has perhaps 40 percent fewer employees than it had five years ago. And the number of employees it takes to do what we need to do will continue to decrease, because the revenue stream has decreased and the revenue generated online on a per-eyeball basis is not the same as the revenue Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53208418652112848742011-09-14T11:28:32.973-04:002011-09-14T11:28:32.973-04:00Jim – FYI, Cox Ohio presented a first right of ref...Jim – FYI, Cox Ohio presented a first right of refusal for Thomson’s Southwest Ohio SMG at the last minute, ultimately terminating that portion of the deal with Gannett. Clearly, Gannett did not see this coming as it had already started giving edicts to people within that group before the deal even closed. Unfortunately for Cox, Gannett over-valued that group’s worth (not a surprise), forcing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43334540264951675552011-09-14T10:41:09.541-04:002011-09-14T10:41:09.541-04:0010 a.m. Regarding the cost of the Ohio and Wiscons...10 a.m. Regarding the cost of the Ohio and Wisconsin papers, on June 8, 2000, Gannett said <a href="http://www.gannett.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/PRESSRELEASES12/100722087/" rel="nofollow">in a news release:</a><br /><br />"Gannett announced today that it will acquire 21 daily newspapers, along with numerous weeklies and niche publications, from Thomson Newspapers, Inc. in a Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64219442564588760442011-09-14T10:00:42.645-04:002011-09-14T10:00:42.645-04:00What I find most shocking - and for Gannett most h...What I find most shocking - and for Gannett most humiliating - about the circulation numbers just released is that 5 of the top 10 Gannett "losers" in circulation are all among those awful little Ohio papers. Part of the big disastrous Purchase of 2000.<br /><br />And ALL of the Ohio papers are in the top 21 in circulation declines. Yet the miseable leadership there stays in place at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31180440714097400172011-09-14T09:47:44.071-04:002011-09-14T09:47:44.071-04:00The readers and posters here should be taking the ...The readers and posters here should be taking the time to fine tune and send out their resumes.<br />If all the whiners and no it alls here would get the gumption to find new jobs and leave,Gannett would fall more quickly.<br />Why bother complaining about top management failures,gross neglect ,and deceit just get away.Is Gannett the only place to work ? God almighty just leave !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78880776106744571702011-09-14T09:12:06.569-04:002011-09-14T09:12:06.569-04:00http://www.businessinsider.com/a-brutal-rant-from-...http://www.businessinsider.com/a-brutal-rant-from-an-ex-yahoo-exec-about-the-yahoo-product-organization-2011-9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com