tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2975239985764839737..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Rumors, water coolers -- and a mission statementJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82840380088601067712013-08-04T19:34:50.190-04:002013-08-04T19:34:50.190-04:00This is round 1. There will be more. Soon.This is round 1. There will be more. Soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59943533984704025592013-08-04T19:34:31.725-04:002013-08-04T19:34:31.725-04:00No rebuttal to those rumor claims, I see. Maybe to...No rebuttal to those rumor claims, I see. Maybe tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53730036848889786632013-08-04T19:33:36.508-04:002013-08-04T19:33:36.508-04:00Actually, Jim is wrong for the reason you describe...Actually, Jim is wrong for the reason you describe. It used to be that the standard contract with AP called for papers to provide information (generally meaning articles) upon request.<br /><br />If AP had a backbone, it would tell those papers to cough up the details or face being in violation of the membership agreement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84469874755282211802013-08-04T18:39:24.070-04:002013-08-04T18:39:24.070-04:00You know what would be worse than heading into wor...You know what would be worse than heading into work last week and getting axed in the latest round of layoffs? Being somebody who still collects a Gannett paycheck for logging on to this blog to weave the corporate web of lies and deceit.Mr. Yesterdaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33390637427760070542013-08-04T17:14:40.668-04:002013-08-04T17:14:40.668-04:00I find the corporate apologists, who show up on th...I find the corporate apologists, who show up on this site to comment, both naive and disingenuous. All this secretive subterfuge needs to be called out for exactly what it is, pure bullshitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26049833933042680012013-08-04T15:35:06.105-04:002013-08-04T15:35:06.105-04:00Jim is right. It's a double standard for newsp...Jim is right. It's a double standard for newspapers. If a company in a paper's circulation area was laying off workers, the paper (if it's worth its salt) would publish a story on a reduction in the workforce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40235451910031518882013-08-04T14:17:46.452-04:002013-08-04T14:17:46.452-04:00I'm leaving 12:39's comment in place.
But...I'm leaving 12:39's comment in place.<br /><br />But I've now added the word "mongers" to the list of words like "trolls" and "lemmings" that get comments pulled.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23330612794092109262013-08-04T14:14:31.185-04:002013-08-04T14:14:31.185-04:00That's bullshit, 12:41, unless you can offer e...That's bullshit, 12:41, unless you can offer examples of other, credible sources.<br /><br />Corporate knows how many employees were laid off last week company-wide. The AP asked Corporate, and all they got was "some USCP sites are making cuts to align their business plans with local market conditions."Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4995062342853366792013-08-04T12:41:11.972-04:002013-08-04T12:41:11.972-04:00More like they were too lazy to get a more credibl...More like they were too lazy to get a more credible source. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27762063668955708842013-08-04T12:39:57.212-04:002013-08-04T12:39:57.212-04:0011:16 misses the point entirely. That post is enti...11:16 misses the point entirely. That post is entirely irrelevant and should be deleted.<br /><br />The last paragraph of 10:05's post is exact. Jim pretends to gather details innocently when that is not the case at all. The agenda is obvious. The actions of the last few days have fueled it, to be sure, but even when there were no layoffs, the mongers were here, telling us every week there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76584255059346049342013-08-04T11:16:26.300-04:002013-08-04T11:16:26.300-04:00There are no "pockets of good morale remainin...There are no "pockets of good morale remaining." Gracia had succeeded in building up some goodwill, in part just by not being Dubow, but that's gone now. <br /><br />10:05's critique reminds me of the story of the Southern sheriff during the Civil Rights battles who called a newspaper editor to complain about a photo of deputies swinging clubs at Freedom Riders. The editor Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68021666037771221662013-08-04T11:06:53.834-04:002013-08-04T11:06:53.834-04:0010:05 So, none of the group presidents ordered a n...10:05 So, none of the group presidents ordered a news blackout? And Hollingsworth didn't tell her group to limit e- mail discussion of layoffs?<br /><br />Also, Corporate didn't have to first sign off on the RIF lists before local sites could proceed? <br /><br />And Corporate announced the layoffs and the totals before they were contacted by the Associated Press and other media?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72304639108242251592013-08-04T11:05:59.761-04:002013-08-04T11:05:59.761-04:00Keep up the good work Jim!!!
When the AP and oth...Keep up the good work Jim!!! <br /><br />When the AP and other credible Web sites and media quote you in their stories, that speaks volumes about your credibility. <br /><br />Good job!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20838766637958927392013-08-04T10:50:17.868-04:002013-08-04T10:50:17.868-04:00"Stinky" being the key word..."Stinky" being the key word...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89133095812971616332013-08-04T10:05:44.747-04:002013-08-04T10:05:44.747-04:00Here's the thing that you've got wrong, Ji...Here's the thing that you've got wrong, Jim -- as well as everyone else crying about "STEALTH LAYOFFS!" --<br /><br />You keep treating this thing like it's someone in the Crystal Palace saying, "Let's axe, say, 300 jobs. Somebody figure out how to not tell anybody."<br /><br />That's not how any of this went down, and anyone who thinks that's what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1441700275609888932013-08-04T08:21:42.160-04:002013-08-04T08:21:42.160-04:00I totally agree with you 7:07 - and Jim, thanks fo...I totally agree with you 7:07 - and Jim, thanks for this blog. Corporate and on-site management tells us nothing. They don't even acknowledge how many people get laid-off or who they are. All we hear is a little watered down praise of those who are gone and a pep talk. And of course that corporate management will have another brilliant plan to put the ship called Gannett back on course. The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-19554534366267564632013-08-04T07:06:00.593-04:002013-08-04T07:06:00.593-04:00Investors, media and most important Gannett staff ...Investors, media and most important Gannett staff has come to rely on this blog for its relentless quest to provide trusted news and information and to actively support the people and businesses in the communities who work within Gannett to serve. Or at least, pretend to serve as it is now painfully obvious that the Gannett executives and board have no real interest in this mission nor in its Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com