tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post260419273862771330..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Sept. 26-Oct. 2 | Your News & Comments: Part 1Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91205692765214738282011-09-27T09:39:50.822-04:002011-09-27T09:39:50.822-04:00At FT our daily paper is looking more and more lik...At FT our daily paper is looking more and more like the Oralndo Sentinnel, who said that ever was a good format? And what about the extra sections with the kudos for the publisher and elite wanna bees, how pat on the back is that. I wouldn,t call that style - but snobbish- waste of print!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23446756837882232352011-09-27T07:37:16.550-04:002011-09-27T07:37:16.550-04:004:58 Regarding my posts about stock prices:
I not...4:58 Regarding my posts about stock prices:<br /><br />I note changes in the price when they are unusual. For example, GCI has recently been reaching new 52-week lows. That's news.<br /><br />It's less newsworthy, however, when the stock merely creeps up. There are exceptions, of course, as was the case late last month, when <a href="http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41215633805715357062011-09-27T06:04:45.186-04:002011-09-27T06:04:45.186-04:00To 10:19:
I've known Marymont for a decade and...To 10:19:<br />I've known Marymont for a decade and she hasn't displayed any news sensibilities in that time so when you say when "she was still a newspaperwoman" you must be going back decades. She's a self-promoter in love with her concept of herself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-13130438822510637582011-09-27T01:40:03.006-04:002011-09-27T01:40:03.006-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24739279206756118842011-09-27T00:58:53.356-04:002011-09-27T00:58:53.356-04:00huh?huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36002410505749981882011-09-27T00:48:06.931-04:002011-09-27T00:48:06.931-04:00As someone who knows about the changes coming on T...As someone who knows about the changes coming on Thursday and having worked closely with what I consider to be the most egregious change, I am appalled by my colleagues and their actions on this one. Someone is getting the shaft and I am not going to sit idly by and watch it happen. I will be in touch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74684292801417699022011-09-27T00:41:33.280-04:002011-09-27T00:41:33.280-04:00My Boss, are you referring to news about the deal ...My Boss, are you referring to news about the deal with US Presswire (Photog layoffs?) Gannett's been pretty silent on that so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90438060958043082422011-09-26T23:18:44.016-04:002011-09-26T23:18:44.016-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8840971340994861572011-09-26T22:56:08.683-04:002011-09-26T22:56:08.683-04:00The reports about the design studios are entertain...The reports about the design studios are entertaining. But anyone who thought there would be any other result had their head buried deeply in the sand.<br /><br />No sane organization would cut people with necessary skills and then try to build around people who aren't able to do the job they have been presented.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69131843701851588482011-09-26T22:26:02.920-04:002011-09-26T22:26:02.920-04:00So Gracia gets noted for "testing" new r...So Gracia gets noted for "testing" new revenue streams. If only she could find them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15328638766855134002011-09-26T22:19:27.349-04:002011-09-26T22:19:27.349-04:008:54 said: "Memo to Kate: WAKE UP! Help. Star...8:54 said: "Memo to Kate: WAKE UP! Help. Start asking tough questions. Are the "early adopters" being screwed? YES!"<br /><br />As one who knew Marymont back when she was still a newspaperwoman, it has saddened me to see her morph into a corporate hack. She isn't asleep, but rather is wide awake to any opportunities to prolong her access to the big bucks. Sad, sad, sad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16343893740075218702011-09-26T22:17:47.954-04:002011-09-26T22:17:47.954-04:00Do tell, My Boss!Do tell, My Boss!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-56825538965096523462011-09-26T21:10:41.184-04:002011-09-26T21:10:41.184-04:00Big announcement coming Thursday!Big announcement coming Thursday!My Bosshttp://www.gannett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-7755744057129327352011-09-26T20:37:37.912-04:002011-09-26T20:37:37.912-04:008:19am, I would never notice because I don't f...8:19am, I would never notice because I don't follow USA Today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66309763343686720532011-09-26T20:21:48.179-04:002011-09-26T20:21:48.179-04:00Oops.
Gracia ....Washingtonian.
Sorry for misspe...Oops.<br /><br />Gracia ....Washingtonian.<br /><br />Sorry for misspellings. Damn tablets (Gracia was actually "corrected" to Garcia!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71826492030245785762011-09-26T20:19:59.556-04:002011-09-26T20:19:59.556-04:00CNN reports USA Today's twitter account was ha...CNN reports USA Today's twitter account was hacked and false tweets were sent out. I guess no blog readers noticed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36098338303219418652011-09-26T20:10:54.619-04:002011-09-26T20:10:54.619-04:00Garcia Martore made the list of The Wahingtonian&#...Garcia Martore made the list of The Wahingtonian's 100 Most Powerful Women. <br /><br />She's one of eight in the media category, and it says, " a former banker, Martore is testing new revenue streams for USA TODAY and other Gannett papers as advertising dollars shrink."<br /><br />This shows that for all the vitriole here at the Blog, there's a whole other way the world Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91177365374023331842011-09-26T20:08:54.661-04:002011-09-26T20:08:54.661-04:00A lot of long posts in this thread. Who has the ti...A lot of long posts in this thread. Who has the time to write all this stuff and who wants to read it - no one. Folks, can we please write in the USA TODAY style - short and to the point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-13884517512258607792011-09-26T19:41:59.013-04:002011-09-26T19:41:59.013-04:00Hey 4:58, get us an alert when it gets back to a Q...Hey 4:58, get us an alert when it gets back to a QUARTER of what it was when the current leadership took over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27026025572008569412011-09-26T19:23:29.598-04:002011-09-26T19:23:29.598-04:00I retired from Gannett (DMP) after 40+ years. No p...I retired from Gannett (DMP) after 40+ years. No problem with any pension monies. I was in the union. Everything else went ok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21511988422487935102011-09-26T18:47:06.181-04:002011-09-26T18:47:06.181-04:00The USA Today pages aren't mandatory, just hig...The USA Today pages aren't mandatory, just highly encouraged. The space for the page comes out of the newshole budget, and as one of the smaller papers Fond du Lac doesn't always have the space. With a typical paper being two six page sections, they're lucky to get any news in at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86108528224448914922011-09-26T18:02:31.883-04:002011-09-26T18:02:31.883-04:00Readers are now providing much of the content at H...Readers are now providing much of the content at HNT in Jersey. If you write a story, it will be published. They have daily stories now, even on A1, written by breast cancer survivors about their ordeal, and it's not even breast cancer awareness month yet. Imagine what October will bring. Remember when journalists used to interview people and write stories about them? I guess those days are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63485761040894002612011-09-26T17:14:28.433-04:002011-09-26T17:14:28.433-04:00LIFE IS WONDERFUL after my leaving.
Thank you.!!!...LIFE IS WONDERFUL after my leaving.<br /> Thank you.!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9274633628502498442011-09-26T17:08:19.372-04:002011-09-26T17:08:19.372-04:00Isn't it mandatory for papers to run the US To...Isn't it mandatory for papers to run the US Today world/national news page?<br /><br />Just wondering because the Fond du Lac paper for the second time in a couple of months has not had it in it's Sunday edition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42497784230493681882011-09-26T17:06:54.575-04:002011-09-26T17:06:54.575-04:0010:52...I love the comment where the reader points...10:52...I love the comment where the reader points out the 25-ish percent loss of circulation for the Wausau Daily Herald. The shrinking the paper to the size of a comic strip is entertaining as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com