tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post8390537056929721514..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Oct. 15-21 | Your News & Comments: Part 2Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57642495631376354572012-10-22T18:01:07.031-04:002012-10-22T18:01:07.031-04:00Numbers were great when PZ was publisher. Revenue...Numbers were great when PZ was publisher. Revenue has fallen over 50 percent since he left. I don't think we will ever recover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72753886016182988932012-10-18T16:39:45.870-04:002012-10-18T16:39:45.870-04:0011:28 it's this kind of attitude that keeps us...11:28 it's this kind of attitude that keeps us down. I work for the Shreveport advertising department, love my job, love what we do and know my peers feels the same. We should celebrate the good as well as the bad TOGETHER - we don't need separate dinners. Until ALL of us get this mentality we will loose. It is time for all the "clicks" to fall apart and we support each other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29109813744446297762012-10-18T11:32:34.385-04:002012-10-18T11:32:34.385-04:00Publishing print is economically difficult to just...Publishing print is economically difficult to justify.<br /><br />The dollars to dimes equation is finally hitting its threshold of serious pain.<br /><br />All print in the industry is feeling desperate. The attempt to charge more in digital to increase digital revenue is the latest trend.<br /><br />Advertisers aren't necessarily buying it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89874730816218045732012-10-18T11:28:10.535-04:002012-10-18T11:28:10.535-04:0010:30 - Maybe you're the problem.10:30 - Maybe you're the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15605802070985202782012-10-18T10:42:41.615-04:002012-10-18T10:42:41.615-04:00How can she circumvent the ABM contract?How can she circumvent the ABM contract?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74260361822770898922012-10-18T10:38:58.785-04:002012-10-18T10:38:58.785-04:00"But to make a direct connection between them...<i>"But to make a direct connection between them and all print publications, such as dailies, is a bit of an over reach."</i><br /><br />Why? If anything, daily print publication makes even less sense: a product that even in its heyday was perceived as outdated on arrival and useless the next day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39165058126415651392012-10-18T10:30:07.391-04:002012-10-18T10:30:07.391-04:0012:26 & 1:11 Baley get some balls (NOT BLUE) a...12:26 & 1:11 Baley get some balls (NOT BLUE) and run your ship before we have a new captain. Ask Zanmiller. When the ship (NUMBERS) fall the captain falls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55539225981306012782012-10-18T10:16:41.042-04:002012-10-18T10:16:41.042-04:00Our publisher was old-fashioned. He needed somethi...Our publisher was old-fashioned. He needed something done -- getting lunch, moving offices -- he did it himself. How quaint.<br /><br />If the new CFO is not going over this budget today, to compare against others, there needs to be a new CFO. Now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20759478552164048322012-10-18T10:03:25.719-04:002012-10-18T10:03:25.719-04:00PRINT IS DEAD....
Newsweek Magazine is going all ...PRINT IS DEAD....<br /><br />Newsweek Magazine is going all digtal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55714986611472752772012-10-18T09:53:21.644-04:002012-10-18T09:53:21.644-04:00Has Buchanan cut all cleaning staff that those hou...Has Buchanan cut all cleaning staff that those hours can’t be added to that crew or is this another instance where she demands “special” attention?<br /><br />In all candor, the way she’s treated staff over the years what she really needs is a manservant --paid for by her. Someone to attend to her own personal needs like fueling/maintaining her car, plating her lunch – including searches for the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42609132257760695062012-10-18T09:44:42.267-04:002012-10-18T09:44:42.267-04:00"Newsweek is produced by a gifted and tireles..."Newsweek is produced by a gifted and tireless team of professionals who have been offering brilliant work consistently throughout a tough period of ownership transition and media disruption. Regrettably we anticipate staff reductions and the streamlining of our editorial and business operations both here in the U.S. and internationally.<br /><br />Exiting print is an extremely difficult Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24816766649767711452012-10-18T09:43:35.785-04:002012-10-18T09:43:35.785-04:00The announcement that Newsweek in print ceases pub...The announcement that Newsweek in print ceases publication at year's end (digital remains) wasn't minutes old before the schadenfreude addicts jumped right into this blog. Weekly publications such as Time and Newsweek were ill equipped to challenge the torrent of news in our Internet age. But to make a direct connection between them and all print publications, such as dailies, is a bit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39384881255657175582012-10-18T09:20:35.883-04:002012-10-18T09:20:35.883-04:009:05
This should apply to all Gannett newpaper emp...9:05<br />This should apply to all Gannett newpaper employees.<br />The ship has been sinking for 4 years and still people hang on and believe they will have long time careers.<br />Geez,wake up already!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21145585938610451242012-10-18T09:05:11.763-04:002012-10-18T09:05:11.763-04:00Another national news publication (Newsweek) bites...Another national news publication (Newsweek) bites the dust ... at least in print form. Are you listening, USA Today? Between this undeniable and unstoppable trend away from print, and your ridiculous new design and diluted, mistake-filled content, your days are numbered. I would suggest most of you USAT'ers start looking for another job now, because in the next five years or so, you may not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26805807330637538262012-10-18T08:26:54.291-04:002012-10-18T08:26:54.291-04:00From HBO's "Entourage," Ari Gold to ...From HBO's "Entourage," Ari Gold to wife --<br /><br />"Honey, I have wood."<br /><br />Polished?<br /><br />Cannot make this stuff up. Rubes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8517635014866150962012-10-18T06:50:52.968-04:002012-10-18T06:50:52.968-04:00Turns out I do get a THRILL after polishing my woo...Turns out I do get a THRILL after polishing my wood, but even after three hours I'm not going to be seeing my reflection in it.<br /><br />That phrase is so tone-deaf and insulting and full of <i>noblesse oblige</i> that I'd be happy to spit in their vichyssoise for free, just for being granted the honor of waxing their wood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89996247223245363582012-10-18T06:45:12.581-04:002012-10-18T06:45:12.581-04:00What kind of good communication skills do you need...What kind of good communication skills do you need with that job and those hours? You're only going to be talking to Mr. Clean - "Oh Lawdy, Missus Maggie KNOWS she can't be eating that 'sparagus! Mercy, we aught paint a target on that throne so's she can hit it!"<br /><br />Honestly, it sounds like payroll padding for when ABM comes to town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54131503652433097202012-10-17T22:41:41.010-04:002012-10-17T22:41:41.010-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71391867019152364582012-10-17T20:31:09.086-04:002012-10-17T20:31:09.086-04:00Job opening in Cincinnati:
"Do you get a THRI...Job opening in Cincinnati:<br />"Do you get a THRILL when you see your reflection in the wood that you just finished polishing?"<br /><br />Looks like Margaret has "an outstanding Part-Time Housekeeping opportunity for you at Enquirer Media! Monday thru Friday, 3 hours per day any time between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. -- hours of your choosing" of an "executive area including Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6121979069911039202012-10-17T19:22:05.301-04:002012-10-17T19:22:05.301-04:00I am getting weary of all the kvetching over the U...I am getting weary of all the kvetching over the USAT redesign. USAT will be gone in 2 years. The business model is unsustainable. Papering hotel hallways doesn't do anything for advertisers. Time to get real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6085168956151293782012-10-17T19:20:38.417-04:002012-10-17T19:20:38.417-04:002:21 sounds good but if he does then tons of folks...2:21 sounds good but if he does then tons of folks slam him saying he has no respect for experienced folks. It's a no win situation here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49395202471545071352012-10-17T15:59:43.586-04:002012-10-17T15:59:43.586-04:008:37 - Yes. There will be 100 layoffs in December...8:37 - Yes. There will be 100 layoffs in December.<br /><br />Is this true? Hell, I don't know. But neither does anyone else. So please, stop asking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91678887014187980192012-10-17T15:08:12.929-04:002012-10-17T15:08:12.929-04:0012:26 Bailey is not thinking about you or this com...12:26 Bailey is not thinking about you or this community. He is so focused on shinning for Gannett that he forget the workers can make him look good. He don't care --- we don't care!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80834977749092857632012-10-17T14:21:06.792-04:002012-10-17T14:21:06.792-04:00We are a top heavy, meeting-oriented, slow to resp...We are a top heavy, meeting-oriented, slow to respond, editor dominated organization. They spend time patting themselves on the back and handing out praise for the most banal stories in the paper. <br /><br />Most reporters have no initiative and still wait for marching orders. Too many think print first, or worse, only print. Lazy and incomptetent. New hires do not contribute or too Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60408961417053245122012-10-17T13:12:38.511-04:002012-10-17T13:12:38.511-04:00Does the USAT website home page design look like t...Does the USAT website home page design look like the top is cut off to anyone else but me? Like something is missing or that you need to scroll up to get to the big news of the day (but there's nothing there)? I really don't get this design. I totally concur with some of the critiques.<br /><br />This is a design that looks less like a news site and more like a bare-bones, Craigslist sortAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com