tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post8926970269942062510..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Breaking up Gannett? Read Martore's reply todayJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25469993047633646802014-02-08T13:39:11.534-05:002014-02-08T13:39:11.534-05:00Gracia was particularly crass and nasty at this we...Gracia was particularly crass and nasty at this week's town hall meeting. If anyone doubts it, check out the video of her performance. She was so bombastic and loud no one in the audience was brave enough to ask a question. The message, if you read between the lines, is more change is coming. Like job cuts in publishing and at GPS. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35753466010207678632014-02-06T16:45:38.251-05:002014-02-06T16:45:38.251-05:00I've said it before....I'll say it again. ...I've said it before....I'll say it again. Gracia does NOT want the break-up of Gannett to be her swan song before retirement. She'll leave that to the next sucker. She wants to go out with another Belo-type victory. Can't say that I blame her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78592234799198486892014-02-05T21:09:53.485-05:002014-02-05T21:09:53.485-05:00And yet you write "sophormic."And yet you write "sophormic."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78444519900994358442014-02-05T18:29:01.737-05:002014-02-05T18:29:01.737-05:00Exactly. I go to a newspaper site for professional...Exactly. I go to a newspaper site for professionally written news by people who know their community, not sophormic videos and gimmicks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59016344578519609842014-02-05T17:31:51.515-05:002014-02-05T17:31:51.515-05:00No one here should ever refer to duckspeak. This p...No one here should ever refer to duckspeak. This place consists almost entirely of people quacking about things that they know nothing about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45669041491394091792014-02-05T15:28:04.204-05:002014-02-05T15:28:04.204-05:00That's 'capital allocation strategies'...That's 'capital allocation strategies' at work, creating real-time synergies with executive monetary packaging and the vacation services industry in both established and emerging markets. Quackquack. <br /><br />Very interesting indeed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12103728385128968812014-02-05T15:15:42.186-05:002014-02-05T15:15:42.186-05:00Lost me at 'synergies'. As soon as they go...Lost me at 'synergies'. As soon as they go into duck-speak mode, my eyes glaze over and everything takes on that soap-opera dream sequence haziness. Capital allocation decisions? Who talks like that? Isn't that duck-speak for firing or laying off as many people as possible, compiling long-term numbers as if you created a savings to the company and then pocketing a bonus based on that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11009567060247007572014-02-05T14:58:40.644-05:002014-02-05T14:58:40.644-05:00Martore's reference to the next three years is...Martore's reference to the next three years is interesting because that timeline corresponds with her reaching mandatory retirement age, 65, which she hits in September 2016. Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19185703006583882592014-02-05T12:42:58.324-05:002014-02-05T12:42:58.324-05:00Translation: as I'm literally speaking these w...Translation: as I'm literally speaking these words to you, we have no plans to break-up the company. But, that could all change. Perhaps by lunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33689291226132949482014-02-05T12:05:50.775-05:002014-02-05T12:05:50.775-05:00Worth noting that for all of the cuts Gannett has ...Worth noting that for all of the cuts Gannett has made in print: closing down entire newsroom wings and eviscerating staff, and substituting jittery iPhone video for reporters with decades of insight and experience, the price of the paper only keeps going up. Seems to be a clear case of paying more for demonstrably less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9686606834727187242014-02-05T11:56:43.870-05:002014-02-05T11:56:43.870-05:00Gracia really does deserve the gold in doublespeak...Gracia really does deserve the gold in doublespeak. Even after reading her answer a few times over, I still can't pin anything down in there, other than a complete non-answer. Yep, plenty of wiggle room. Thanks for the decisive leadership and direction, Gracia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18687094483700767202014-02-04T20:37:23.449-05:002014-02-04T20:37:23.449-05:00Why do analysts always think breaking up a company...Why do analysts always think breaking up a company is better? Because that's how their paymasters -- the investment bankers -- make their obscene feesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com