tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post1607872829668399877..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Feb. 28-March 6 | Your News & Comments: Part 5Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71013178327864676972011-03-06T21:21:53.661-05:002011-03-06T21:21:53.661-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33744421968272135262011-03-05T00:15:26.590-05:002011-03-05T00:15:26.590-05:00That's it? Wow, way to go Mike Wallace.
Jim i...That's it? Wow, way to go Mike Wallace.<br /><br />Jim is like the male equivalent of Lady One Question.<br /><br />http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2605585/banzai_lady_one_question_simon_cowell/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12427380619500265372011-03-04T23:23:42.928-05:002011-03-04T23:23:42.928-05:0011:19 Nope; that one question I posed in this thre...11:19 Nope; that one question I posed in this thread at 12:39 is central to the whole restructuring.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6281167954078488252011-03-04T23:19:36.843-05:002011-03-04T23:19:36.843-05:00So do you have more than one question for the USAT...So do you have more than one question for the USAT editors, Jim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58333172554446771622011-03-04T23:05:47.179-05:002011-03-04T23:05:47.179-05:007:22 -- Does this Yahoo Finance chart help? It com...7:22 -- Does this Yahoo Finance chart help? It compares GCI with the S&P 500 for the past five years: http://tinyurl.com/4qkdg23Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79376068845929216322011-03-04T22:42:43.852-05:002011-03-04T22:42:43.852-05:00Following is an edited version of a comment posted...Following is an edited version of a comment posted at 9:02 p.m.:<br /><br />Many many months ago our then new boss at USAT Ruddman Davis was bragging that he was going to ignore Dave Hunke and was doing an interview with you for your blog. Whatever happened to that interview? For that matter, whatever happened to Ruddman Davis. Did you piss him off too much when you posted his interesting pictureJim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68717331004847021312011-03-04T22:08:37.820-05:002011-03-04T22:08:37.820-05:00I hear that an offer has been made for Reno's ...I hear that an offer has been made for Reno's top job. No answer yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61066622266873568282011-03-04T21:26:59.431-05:002011-03-04T21:26:59.431-05:00Due respect, 12:52, but what kind of ignorant, suc...Due respect, 12:52, but what kind of ignorant, suck-up thinking is that? <br /><br />Journalism is a creative enterprise, it's about problem-solving, and imaginative presentation. It's about getting ahead of the competition and finding a way to connect and inform the readers in new and compelling ways. It's not a job performed by automotons, much as our beloved leaders would like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22675812201850938752011-03-04T21:02:26.236-05:002011-03-04T21:02:26.236-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24267406484385476442011-03-04T21:00:09.080-05:002011-03-04T21:00:09.080-05:00Doubleclick is hardly a small startup. The company...Doubleclick is hardly a small startup. The company has been around since the beginning of computers and a very strange decision made early in computer development to put cookies into the machine's software.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55228137794226807752011-03-04T20:57:42.561-05:002011-03-04T20:57:42.561-05:00Yes Google is not only taking away our business, b...Yes Google is not only taking away our business, but we are giving them the raw material in content that keeps people going to Google to search topics. Wake up. Google is not our friend, it is our competitor. I have long contended that Google is the executioner for the newspaper business and its fabulous wealth shows how much carnage has already been accomplished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9324160155450441672011-03-04T20:39:12.256-05:002011-03-04T20:39:12.256-05:00From a new Wall Street Journal story about Google&...From <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704076804576180731106896822.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection" rel="nofollow">a new Wall Street Journal story about Google's growing appetite to buy other companies</a>:<br /><br />The core team of the online advertising service DoubleClick -- Google's biggest-ever deal, at $3.2 billion -- has remained with the company Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73207010724521187252011-03-04T20:12:37.525-05:002011-03-04T20:12:37.525-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75699909554475838722011-03-04T19:49:18.778-05:002011-03-04T19:49:18.778-05:00Could have paid 100 bucks at worth1000 and got 100...Could have paid 100 bucks at worth1000 and got 1000s of logos better then this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51162698623310558862011-03-04T19:25:25.725-05:002011-03-04T19:25:25.725-05:00You can go into the Gannett benefits website and t...You can go into the Gannett benefits website and take the health assessment now or you can go to your doctor and have a physical. It has to be done before September.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29881862620544795272011-03-04T19:22:48.886-05:002011-03-04T19:22:48.886-05:00TO 5:38...sure Gannett dropped, and the rest of th...TO 5:38...sure Gannett dropped, and the rest of the world just surged ahead during that same time period right? But why bother to keep it in perspective. Especially if you make your living as a reporter who believes in fair and balanced news. I rarely see a whole lot of balance here, or critical thinking. Mr/Ms 12:07, I'd love to hear more from you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20669208042006731202011-03-04T17:58:07.874-05:002011-03-04T17:58:07.874-05:00Jim, or someone, Could we see a synopsis of today&...Jim, or someone, Could we see a synopsis of today's conference call?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37641210769243860622011-03-04T17:38:45.596-05:002011-03-04T17:38:45.596-05:00"Gannett, thy turd is polished".
It wil..."Gannett, thy turd is polished".<br /><br />It will be amusing to see what happens when the stockholders snicker at this one on Monday morning. Maybe the corporate trolls on here bragging about "800% in 24 months" will come back to reality and admit that "minus 83% since 2006" is more of a realistic way to see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83966145630462989832011-03-04T16:58:52.963-05:002011-03-04T16:58:52.963-05:00Jim, whatever happened to the pending sale of USA ...Jim, whatever happened to the pending sale of USA Today you thought you had scooped?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51327299380398639392011-03-04T16:31:33.717-05:002011-03-04T16:31:33.717-05:002 pm and 3:59 are referencing this Feb. 26 post, w...2 pm and 3:59 are referencing <a href="http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/stock-how-gci-underperforms-its-own.html" rel="nofollow">this Feb. 26 post</a>, where I noted that, by Corporate's own yardstick, Gannett's stock has underperformed the overall newspaper industry for three consecutive years now.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47753032944690233662011-03-04T16:05:55.915-05:002011-03-04T16:05:55.915-05:00For something totally different... when are we sup...For something totally different... when are we supposed to get the details on our forced doctor visits this year? It's March 4, the requirement was announced during open enrollment last fall.<br /><br />Remember, if you don't 'voluntarily' visit a doctor or do a 'confidential' health assessment, you're volunteering to get substantially higher rates this fall - if you&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45359461878748734212011-03-04T16:01:40.749-05:002011-03-04T16:01:40.749-05:00Westchester VP/news a bright spot? Strong news jud...Westchester VP/news a bright spot? Strong news judgment? Has CR been replaced? Name one story, one, of any significance she's assigned, edited or even read prior to publication in the past five years. We'll be waiting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35957091414805699452011-03-04T15:59:37.974-05:002011-03-04T15:59:37.974-05:00Jim has already documented the case that GCI stock...Jim has already documented the case that GCI stock has underperformed with respect to other newspaper companies. This 800 percent gain being touted? Stems from the dramatic dive and then a correction, not from excellence in business performance. Which is why even with the gain, GCI has vastly underperformed within its industry throughout Dubow's tenure, which I believe has lasted longer than Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36582027509280727022011-03-04T15:54:30.231-05:002011-03-04T15:54:30.231-05:0012:07 again. P.S. To 2:00, if "underperformin...12:07 again. P.S. To 2:00, if "underperforming" in your eyes equates to an 800 percent increase in value of 24 months, I'll take that "underperforming" investment all day long. So would anyone else with half a brain and one iota of common sense... both of which I am beginning to think you don't have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66191959901378099992011-03-04T15:50:27.599-05:002011-03-04T15:50:27.599-05:0012:07 here. I agree that if you look at the stock ...12:07 here. I agree that if you look at the stock performance from its peak four years ago, things are bad. But, in our "what have you done for me lately" world of business, an 800 percent increase in two years is the sign of progress. My initial comment was directed to 11:44 who asked why the board doesn't replace leadership. If the board were to do that wouldn't it have done Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com