tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2382841748927423293..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Oct. 24-30 | Your News & Comments: Part 1Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61996336113067360742011-10-27T16:38:47.569-04:002011-10-27T16:38:47.569-04:00It is not apples and oranges. And 2:04 already has...It is not apples and oranges. And 2:04 already has explained the situation. If you want to be ignorant and try to claim that without the exact numbers, then Jim's numbers have to be right, you are exposing yourself as a dupe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4775790936279062712011-10-27T16:03:55.551-04:002011-10-27T16:03:55.551-04:002:04, we're still waiting for the "real&q...2:04, we're still waiting for the "real" number. Your silence tells us everything we need to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83380392860300185952011-10-26T09:29:30.076-04:002011-10-26T09:29:30.076-04:00So what are the actual numbers then, 2:04? Are th...So what are the actual numbers then, 2:04? Are they actually more in line with what was deserved rather than what was reported on this blog? Are you willing to disclose the truth, or is it still too egregious for us to really know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10703553983180074992011-10-26T01:58:04.778-04:002011-10-26T01:58:04.778-04:00Apples. Oranges. With apologies to Mitt Romney, it...Apples. Oranges. With apologies to Mitt Romney, it's fair to say Dubow and Martore are getting big, big baskets full of both.<br /><br />Obviously 2:04 is in with the 11th floor crowd. Nice spin effort, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81161492918381672762011-10-25T14:04:32.734-04:002011-10-25T14:04:32.734-04:00Jim: the company DID NOT report that she got "...Jim: the company DID NOT report that she got "paid" that much last year.<br /><br />The company is required to report a long list of compensation items; some of them, salary and bonus, are paid. Others are accounting formulas used illustrate potential liability to the company based on compensation actions in any given year. More simply: they may happen down the road so beware, but they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-5524597781792803482011-10-25T12:46:44.837-04:002011-10-25T12:46:44.837-04:0012:35 Corporate told the U.S. Securities and Excha...12:35 Corporate told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Martore got paid $8,175,946 last year.<br /><br />Corporate did not qualify that amount, saying, for example, that there was a more accurate figure, reflecting all the math you've done.<br /><br />To the best of my knowledge, Dubow and perhaps Martore signed off on that SEC document.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58674995501731313112011-10-25T12:35:56.038-04:002011-10-25T12:35:56.038-04:0011:18: Let me "unspin" this, since Jim d...11:18: Let me "unspin" this, since Jim declined to do so. $2.8 million of it she likely will never see. It certainly does not, as Jim says, reflect "the estimated future value of stock awards and options." The options were granted at $15. We all the know the likelihood of those being worth anything. $1.7 million is in stock she will get in 4 years if she is still with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6038622859096561742011-10-25T12:09:11.808-04:002011-10-25T12:09:11.808-04:0011:18 11:18 The cash portion -- salary plus bonus ...11:18 11:18 The cash portion -- salary plus bonus -- was $2.1 million last year.<br /><br />The rest was, as you suggest, an increased value in her retirement account, plus the estimated future value of stock awards and options.<br /><br />Here's <a href="http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/84/84662/DDEF14A.htm#tx160387_25" rel="nofollow">a table showing the breakdown.</a>Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17680100957079989842011-10-25T11:18:42.137-04:002011-10-25T11:18:42.137-04:00DId Martore actually take home $8million cash? Or ...DId Martore actually take home $8million cash? Or is this another one of those formula things that includes pensions already reported on and so forth. How much cash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41467751491246657302011-10-24T23:53:03.285-04:002011-10-24T23:53:03.285-04:0010:47 You'd have to be awfully naive to think ...10:47 You'd have to be awfully naive to think a purely opinion column would drive a stock price in any direction. Investors trade on facts.<br /><br />Using your logic, I could just as easily write that conservative investors bid up GCI as a rebuke to a liberal newspaper columnist. And I ain't writing that, either.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73865633642489635802011-10-24T22:56:25.800-04:002011-10-24T22:56:25.800-04:0010:13. Why do small minds want to discuss Eleanor...10:13. Why do small minds want to discuss Eleanor Roosevelt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32037656126346722012011-10-24T22:47:19.329-04:002011-10-24T22:47:19.329-04:00If the stock had tanked today you would have writt...If the stock had tanked today you would have written that it "was in freefall in the face of a withering rebuke from The New York Times." Sucks when a plan falls through eh? Maybe you ought to write it anyway. Give 'em what they want right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59619910432548935512011-10-24T22:45:57.544-04:002011-10-24T22:45:57.544-04:0010:38 PM…10:13 PM is for all the management includ...10:38 PM…10:13 PM is for all the management including CD that never had an idea to build the business but to only destroy the people. Wake up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75544192558045996922011-10-24T22:44:44.302-04:002011-10-24T22:44:44.302-04:0010:38 I remove comments that engage in name-callin...10:38 I remove comments that engage in name-calling, including the word "troll." And this includes comments posted in my defense.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39943965186878715812011-10-24T22:43:14.534-04:002011-10-24T22:43:14.534-04:00Great minds discuss Cincinnati. I know that MB is ...Great minds discuss Cincinnati. I know that MB is ahead of the front. What is going on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91614825552997101372011-10-24T22:38:20.255-04:002011-10-24T22:38:20.255-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Troll Patrolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61827593472020368722011-10-24T22:32:10.832-04:002011-10-24T22:32:10.832-04:00Love it: "Find out what people want it & ...Love it: "Find out what people want it & let 'em have it." This is too simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65092124438942320402011-10-24T22:13:39.586-04:002011-10-24T22:13:39.586-04:00Great Minds Discuss Ideas.
Average Minds Discuss ...Great Minds Discuss Ideas.<br /><br />Average Minds Discuss Events.<br /><br />Small Minds Discuss people….Eleanor RooseveltAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56549793261977013992011-10-24T22:03:43.474-04:002011-10-24T22:03:43.474-04:00The best advice for Gannett or any of its properti...The best advice for Gannett or any of its properties - going forward - is pretty simple. And it comes courtesy of the late, great musican/songwriter Fats Waller: "Find out what people want, & how they want it, & let 'em have it just that way".<br /><br />It ain't that hard. Really, it isn't.....<br /><br />GathGathhttp://tierramadrehorsesanctuary.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21054036467539922562011-10-24T21:56:58.424-04:002011-10-24T21:56:58.424-04:00I'm still kind of surprised those adolescent s...I'm still kind of surprised those adolescent slogans out of the fraternity at PointRoll didn't punch revenue through the roof.<br /><br />The brothers at dear old Ima-Gonna-Tapdat are going to really have to hit the pledges for milk money soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50959228018676588262011-10-24T21:26:28.155-04:002011-10-24T21:26:28.155-04:00Reference is to Newspaper Association of America.Reference is to Newspaper Association of America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1516893240668945762011-10-24T21:24:12.803-04:002011-10-24T21:24:12.803-04:00If Gannett spent on a PR firm, let's pray it w...If Gannett spent on a PR firm, let's pray it was not the Martin Agency, which gladly took their money and produced this mess:<br />http://www.naa.org/Smart-Is-The-New-Sexy.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6101619286113765402011-10-24T21:03:33.350-04:002011-10-24T21:03:33.350-04:008:58 pm, What are the inaccuracies?8:58 pm, What are the inaccuracies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82258060072842145602011-10-24T20:58:23.091-04:002011-10-24T20:58:23.091-04:00The inaccuracies here are simply, well, for journa...The inaccuracies here are simply, well, for journalists, unbelievable. Oh well, why let facts get in the way of a story, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68328890852128115682011-10-24T20:52:24.482-04:002011-10-24T20:52:24.482-04:008:17 Regarding reports that Banikarim has hired a ...8:17 Regarding reports that Banikarim has hired a new P.R. team, a reader who sounds like they're in the know tells me the following about Robin Pence, who was named vice president for Corporate communications in July 2009:<br /><br />Pence's departure isn't a rumor; it's a fact. Banikarim announced it last Tuesday in a staff meeting. No reason was given, and no replacement has Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.com