tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post195778291976105818..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: USAT | Widespread reports of an ad sales shake-upJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22942390744033716472011-11-28T13:24:52.034-05:002011-11-28T13:24:52.034-05:00When are they going to start laying off in Michell...When are they going to start laying off in Michelle Krans' group?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6729703016438860102011-11-17T21:05:23.977-05:002011-11-17T21:05:23.977-05:00@10:24 -
The Gallup Strengths Finder is only good ...@10:24 -<br />The Gallup Strengths Finder is only good AFTER you leave this place.Amirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10636062801337850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8438538658310804512011-11-17T12:49:33.630-05:002011-11-17T12:49:33.630-05:00Wilcox was given another job and was NOT fired. No...Wilcox was given another job and was NOT fired. Not sure what the job is, but that is what people are saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16401631628760754932011-11-17T12:30:23.012-05:002011-11-17T12:30:23.012-05:00Wilcox rehired? To what? And who else got whacke...Wilcox rehired? To what? And who else got whacked? Was it all management, or worker bees, too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86607299234356517542011-11-17T10:44:22.736-05:002011-11-17T10:44:22.736-05:00When the senior people have no idea what to do, th...When the senior people have no idea what to do, the first thing they reach for is staff cuts. Has to be the people right? So let's get rid of Lori Erdos, who has lived USAT for years and loved by clients, and Tony Hill, who is loved by clients and staff people alike. And now we'll re-hire Wilcox to another job he can't handle. No wonder we're f*cked!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26638487004473268262011-11-16T14:12:37.272-05:002011-11-16T14:12:37.272-05:00People felt no pity for these execs when they were...People felt no pity for these execs when they were quietly laying off their own staffs in order to please the bottom line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28472875432014980182011-11-16T13:00:55.806-05:002011-11-16T13:00:55.806-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1338779162894092142011-11-16T11:36:56.399-05:002011-11-16T11:36:56.399-05:00Maryam has blown out the loved and admired Tony Hi...Maryam has blown out the loved and admired Tony Hill and the effective Lori Erdos? Is she crazy?<br /><br />This is Lee doing the dirty deed but it's Maryam's call.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57201554138130611042011-11-16T10:24:04.446-05:002011-11-16T10:24:04.446-05:008:47 here. What gets me is that we went through t...8:47 here. What gets me is that we went through the Gallup Strenghs Finder stuff and were encouraged to focus on people's strengths to maximize our effectiveness and then, what do they do? They cast people aside and hire people in their places. Think of everyone who has "retired," "resigned," or been laid off only to be replaced by someone new. Was management focusing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21595275174351142112011-11-16T10:21:47.905-05:002011-11-16T10:21:47.905-05:00Somehow, institutional expertise and newspaper exp...Somehow, institutional expertise and newspaper experience does not matter to these goofs. <br /><br />Unfortunately, selling ads into USAT is a damn tricky business. The ads are very expensive and customers expect to be treated accordingly, from the beginning of the sale to months after the ad has been run.<br /><br />Sorry to say it will take Lee and the newbies at GCI at least a year to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43333553108240061602011-11-16T10:06:33.222-05:002011-11-16T10:06:33.222-05:00In response to 7:37 - During my tenure with Gannet...In response to 7:37 - During my tenure with Gannett, I fed Jim as much info as possible. Luckily I abandoned ship my own accord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15925088504522838082011-11-16T09:58:43.075-05:002011-11-16T09:58:43.075-05:00consavage what?!consavage what?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29351790665421150122011-11-16T09:44:18.656-05:002011-11-16T09:44:18.656-05:00Rudd is 21, Consavage is 75. Lee Jones just doesn&...Rudd is 21, Consavage is 75. Lee Jones just doesn't get it. The bleeding will not stopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24963569996216432112011-11-16T08:31:43.906-05:002011-11-16T08:31:43.906-05:00My, oh myyyyyyyyy the Shills are out in full force...My, oh myyyyyyyyy the Shills are out in full force! <br /><br />Must be something VERY BIG that's about to go down!<br /><br />Oh, Jesus! <br />Only 1 more bag of popcorn left! <br />Thank goodness I checked, just in time!<br />Will load up at the Supermarket on the way home!<br /><br />To the people that lost their jobs, keep the faith and most important - Keep Your Heads Held Up HIGH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80301357023813684302011-11-16T07:12:46.802-05:002011-11-16T07:12:46.802-05:008:47- Your post was perfectly on point. That is ...8:47- Your post was perfectly on point. That is the real problem with advertising today. Corporate is so desparate to turn things around they can't see the forest for the trees. So they chop down the trees to see the forest. But then there isn't a forest left to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52688151184725399692011-11-16T06:44:35.305-05:002011-11-16T06:44:35.305-05:00We could use some shake-ups out here in USCP.
The...We could use some shake-ups out here in USCP.<br /><br />The week before Thanksgiving, wouldn't it make just loads of sense to pull EVERY rep off the street and stick them into a "cold call" selling training session for the better part of a day? Not just from one paper, but from multiple papers in our state?<br /><br />I don't see the logic of an ad director green lighting this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27119179796148624412011-11-16T02:06:24.694-05:002011-11-16T02:06:24.694-05:00So, 12:34am, I take that to mean no, you don't...So, 12:34am, I take that to mean no, you don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55904362639843879592011-11-16T00:42:38.368-05:002011-11-16T00:42:38.368-05:00Meant to say entire advertising leadership being f...Meant to say entire advertising leadership being fired...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72774716246090228892011-11-16T00:41:00.723-05:002011-11-16T00:41:00.723-05:00Can we please, for once, stay on point?
What is t...Can we please, for once, stay on point?<br /><br />What is the new advertising strategy? How will the journalistuc and advertising and investment communities react to the entire working leadership of the newspaper being fired in a November massacre?<br /><br />Even if needed, was this the best way to do it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64625066676281860662011-11-16T00:38:03.728-05:002011-11-16T00:38:03.728-05:00The company paying people to disrupt the Gannet Bl...The company paying people to disrupt the Gannet Blog??? Crazy.<br /><br />12:34 is right. It makes no sense at all, and is another one of those outlandish scenarios -- Jim being stalked at the stockholders meeting was another example -- of the nutcase logic that is the true disuption of rational discussions here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75980079419244642112011-11-16T00:34:31.629-05:002011-11-16T00:34:31.629-05:00No one is getting paid because it is nonsensical.
...No one is getting paid because it is nonsensical.<br /><br />There are plenty of people honestly, if sometimes moronically, angry at the tone and content of this blog, and how it too often character assassinates colleagues and good people who are trying to do the best they can, that it is not surprising some choose to go on the constant attack.<br /><br />The blog disruptors are, I am certain, a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46696347349669617822011-11-16T00:26:43.124-05:002011-11-16T00:26:43.124-05:00So, 8:36pm and 9:09pm: How is it exactly you are c...So, 8:36pm and 9:09pm: How is it exactly you are certain no one is being paid to defend the corp suite and muddy the waters here on this blog. All evidence suggests there are paid agents of confusion, obfuscation, disinformation and denial. What is your position, exactly, that allows you to pass along this alleged certainty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81976396114188379222011-11-15T23:07:42.570-05:002011-11-15T23:07:42.570-05:0010:27, you're trying to put more sand into the...10:27, you're trying to put more sand into the hourglass. The question isn't if Jim goes loco. It's when.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72817057221167256122011-11-15T23:03:21.970-05:002011-11-15T23:03:21.970-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59070430270573175712011-11-15T23:00:40.602-05:002011-11-15T23:00:40.602-05:00Jones was hired with great fanfare in early 2010. ...Jones was hired with great fanfare in early 2010. He has had almost two years to turn thing around. Now what? This is the best he can do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com