tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post8473731062617896031..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Aug. 26-Sept. 1 | Your News & Comments: Part 5Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14476558216189367582013-08-31T17:59:38.547-04:002013-08-31T17:59:38.547-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87405325837128938712013-08-31T14:30:59.329-04:002013-08-31T14:30:59.329-04:00So 4:30, you worked in Gannett's tower of fant...So 4:30, you worked in Gannett's tower of fantasy, and your starting a campaign, to see how readers will react, if 81 papers became one newspaper with 81 sections of local news?Richard Michemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79823182922397388152013-08-31T12:30:47.112-04:002013-08-31T12:30:47.112-04:00Is there a need for 81 web sites? Is there a need for 81 web sites? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89446458343623597402013-08-31T06:25:05.493-04:002013-08-31T06:25:05.493-04:00A Cincinnati reader was offered $3 a month for the...A Cincinnati reader was offered $3 a month for the paper. That's less than the employee rate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87330157759579888212013-08-31T00:09:07.542-04:002013-08-31T00:09:07.542-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35138661680794966042013-08-30T23:17:56.373-04:002013-08-30T23:17:56.373-04:00not true, wait til Monday
HPnot true, wait til Monday<br /><br />HPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44657730335913711772013-08-30T23:16:46.389-04:002013-08-30T23:16:46.389-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2234013630002730192013-08-30T23:09:41.433-04:002013-08-30T23:09:41.433-04:00Talk about deep discounts for new subscribers: 67 ...Talk about deep discounts for new subscribers: 67 percent off for the Arizona Republic. Now that's a heck of a business model. <br /><br />https://fullaccess.azcentral.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62361232450318906812013-08-30T21:56:45.258-04:002013-08-30T21:56:45.258-04:00Thanks for the comments, and for the mention, Jim....Thanks for the comments, and for the mention, Jim.<br /><br />I did not leave on my own, I was one of the 8/1/13 13 that was (were?) laid off from the Asbury Park Press.<br /><br />I just launched this on Aug. 29, so I'm still getting the kinks out. As I mention in the box on the masthead, it's going to be free for a while, then I will probably put up a paywall. Don't know when that&#Bill Bowmanhttp://www.franklinreporter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34534304370757864372013-08-30T21:45:54.862-04:002013-08-30T21:45:54.862-04:00Who told you this? Which papers? How many employee...Who told you this? Which papers? How many employees?<br /><br />Try to provide some small speck of credibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34251474867171706992013-08-30T21:28:48.819-04:002013-08-30T21:28:48.819-04:00I have been told that there are layoffs being made...I have been told that there are layoffs being made at some of the Midwest weeklies,they are definately way off the radar.<br />Anyone else hearing similar?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19084923667327753512013-08-30T21:10:58.287-04:002013-08-30T21:10:58.287-04:00Ha in the 5 or 6 years I was in the old Binghamton...Ha in the 5 or 6 years I was in the old Binghamton building that we left in 2010. It was a well know fact that you were not to flush one urinal if someone was standing at the other if you did they got covered. Everyone knew about it but no one ever bothered to fix it. Then we moved into the new building and for the first 6 months we were in the new building the bathrooms hardly ever got Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33513670950787348222013-08-30T21:09:09.707-04:002013-08-30T21:09:09.707-04:00I agree, 7:51. This site has it all... really so...I agree, 7:51. This site has it all... really solid content and great visual presentation. I hope it is successful. <br /><br />Based on the design I wondered if the publisher would eventually go to a "pay per view" model for specific articles. I noticed in his design that you find teasers on the upper level pages with invitations to click on a link to "read more." After Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87985656229578192532013-08-30T20:56:17.007-04:002013-08-30T20:56:17.007-04:00He has to get out of the old-school mindset of dir...He has to get out of the old-school mindset of directly selling advertising himself. It won't work that way online.<br /><br /><br />Just throw up the Google ads and go for page views.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91006488303745504302013-08-30T20:23:45.608-04:002013-08-30T20:23:45.608-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16855214903868587502013-08-30T20:23:00.591-04:002013-08-30T20:23:00.591-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86850157219942707062013-08-30T20:13:57.409-04:002013-08-30T20:13:57.409-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40207743026102500802013-08-30T19:15:12.561-04:002013-08-30T19:15:12.561-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16684917749550326672013-08-30T17:31:19.832-04:002013-08-30T17:31:19.832-04:00Stop dragging your cross . It's making a rut ...Stop dragging your cross . It's making a rut in the floor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81439995326611694582013-08-30T16:57:20.182-04:002013-08-30T16:57:20.182-04:003:56 am neglects to mention the article was publis...3:56 am neglects to mention the article was published in 2009.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85587339594802617352013-08-30T16:48:09.142-04:002013-08-30T16:48:09.142-04:00I was laid off from my almost 7-year position with...I was laid off from my almost 7-year position with Gannett this month. Searching for jobs is a challenge. I saw a few recent openings in Ohio, but they are Gannett jobs. I need a job, but I don't want to sell out or go back to a company that treating people like this. "Oh, we're going to lay off hundreds of peole, but wait, here's some job openings with us." Thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14597137244763742212013-08-30T16:30:45.589-04:002013-08-30T16:30:45.589-04:00Why does Gannett need 81 separate newspapers? Woul...Why does Gannett need 81 separate newspapers? Wouldn't it be more efficient to have one "master" paper that has 81 uniquely named zones? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17440210523854825382013-08-30T16:11:32.671-04:002013-08-30T16:11:32.671-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89103433004324017362013-08-30T16:09:38.004-04:002013-08-30T16:09:38.004-04:00I wish they'd upgrade the bathrooms in Indy. T...I wish they'd upgrade the bathrooms in Indy. The urinals in the men's room has been bagged up for several month. I know they're supposedly moving soon, but vital maintenance on the building just isn't done. Hell, don't even stop correctly, sometime in between floors or off by several feet. It's embarrassingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89829731032383467462013-08-30T14:40:04.668-04:002013-08-30T14:40:04.668-04:00amen brother and sister. Not just Saturday, Sunday...amen brother and sister. Not just Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday copy/budgets, but Wednesday as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com