tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post3279399414571589572..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: NYT: GCI 'paid a price' for ignoring blogosphereJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90860508837066509012008-11-05T14:47:00.000-05:002008-11-05T14:47:00.000-05:00OK, so the iceberg analogy was a stretch... but yo...OK, so the iceberg analogy was a stretch... but you get my drift (ha)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23446751673834279702008-11-05T14:45:00.000-05:002008-11-05T14:45:00.000-05:00Thanks 2:01 p.m. I do not mean to imply ill will o...Thanks 2:01 p.m. I do not mean to imply ill will on those "in the trenches" Gannett workers, it is not their fault. Sadly, these are the unsuspecting employees most damaged by Gannett's brainless, vile hiring and profit policies. This company lives by the "flavor of the month" and being "respected in the industry" and worshipped by the media publications and the AP. They care only about their ownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41664015489724505512008-11-05T14:01:00.000-05:002008-11-05T14:01:00.000-05:0011:28:Bravo - you couldn't have expressed it bette...11:28:<BR/><BR/>Bravo - you couldn't have expressed it better!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41482996689870974542008-11-05T13:54:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:54:00.000-05:00I was among about 170 USA Today newsroom employees...I was among about 170 USA Today newsroom employees who qualified for buyouts. We were all told that if an insufficient number of us stepped forward, layoffs could follow.<BR/><BR/>No one told me that I had a greater or lesser chance of being laid off. Indeed, managers were told they could not have such discussions with us.<BR/><BR/>Does that answer your question, 1:48 p.m.?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-88433221333484523722008-11-05T13:48:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:48:00.000-05:00Sorry to be anal about your layoff/buyout situatio...Sorry to be anal about your layoff/buyout situation. But it seems to me you have played both sides of this, depending on which side looked better in the discussion at the time. So, to be clear, one of your bosses led you to believe you were to be layed off? Said so in their outloud voice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-7724943946583409192008-11-05T12:41:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:41:00.000-05:0012:15 p.m.: Hah! (Answer: no.)12:15 p.m.: Hah! (Answer: no.)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35713370726154902162008-11-05T12:40:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:40:00.000-05:0012:12 p.m.: Yes, I believe my job was eliminated. ...12:12 p.m.: Yes, I believe my job was eliminated. I'm pretty sure that my news-gathering team shrank by one position.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18378261087350886382008-11-05T12:22:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:22:00.000-05:0011:28 a.m.I can certainly understand the bitternes...11:28 a.m.<BR/><BR/>I can certainly understand the bitterness, and even the satisfaction to see the company collapse, but why the animosity towards the hard working folks still stuck? Why relish others' suffering, especially now, when it is so impossible to find work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55079378321455654632008-11-05T12:20:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:20:00.000-05:00As a blithering idiot, I hadn't given the company ...As a blithering idiot, I hadn't given the company any points for credibility for some time.<BR/><BR/>Company didn't lose anything worthwhile by not responding to blogs. <BR/><BR/>The only credibility in the equation is that Jim's would have increased if Tara would have deigned to answer his questions.<BR/><BR/>As that gains nothing worthwhile for the company, that too will never happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66321968415309452512008-11-05T12:15:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:15:00.000-05:00Jim:If Gannett offered you Tara's job at 50% of wh...Jim:<BR/>If Gannett offered you Tara's job at 50% of what she makes, would you take it? You already do a better job, with NO pay.<BR/>Hey then, maybe she could start a blog that you wouldn't be commenting on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43916211538020581642008-11-05T12:12:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:12:00.000-05:00Jim,Was your job eliminated?Thanks.Jim,<BR/>Was your job eliminated?<BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49595184543219817922008-11-05T11:50:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:50:00.000-05:00Being offered a buyout under the threat of a force...Being offered a buyout under the threat of a forced layoff is coercive behavior near its lowest.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65873765285779711702008-11-05T11:46:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:46:00.000-05:00Jim, you were forced out? I thought all along you ...Jim, you were forced out? I thought all along you took, voluntarily, a buyout? What's the "truth" you always promise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27717252503203247572008-11-05T11:39:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:39:00.000-05:00And I was among those told to walk the plank. Kind...And I was among those told to walk the plank. Kinda ironical, right?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89274906994132637242008-11-05T11:37:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:37:00.000-05:00When the downward spiral started years ago, Gannet...When the downward spiral started years ago, Gannett should have done the following:<BR/>1) Push hard to "hook the young" with new media. (Look at cigarette companies - they're the best at this. If you create a new customer who is 18, you're better off than creating a new customer who is 58.)<BR/>2) Made sure is most-skilled veterans were committed to the continued growth of the company.<BR/>3) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41818288595468172852008-11-05T11:28:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:28:00.000-05:00As an ex-Gannetter, I love Jim's website because I...As an ex-Gannetter, I love Jim's website because I hate and loathe Gannette with a passion beyond all reason. I am not alone. I am thrilled to see the stocks plunge, I am happy for the anger and animosity, and I ever don't care about the layoffs. Sorry folks, you work for Satan, you will feel the heat. I quit this horrid company years ago and sold all their miserable stock when it was $80 a shareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6849683769840525542008-11-05T11:23:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:23:00.000-05:00Since Jim's Blog does a much better job of dissemi...Since Jim's Blog does a much better job of disseminating company information, doesn't that make Tara unnecessary?<BR/><BR/>Paying a company spokesperson a six-figure salary to NOT comment on the company seems pretty stupid. I mean, if she was part of the 10% reduction, we'd STILL get the company information here (at NO cost to Gannett) and the papers wouldn't lose as many content creators.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2479235941690582162008-11-05T11:15:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:15:00.000-05:00My favorite line was the last one: "“There are hol...My favorite line was the last one: "“There are hold-out companies that still wish there was traditional P.R. control of the message, but that day is long over.”"<BR/><BR/>Gannett to a T!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66923192754422287532008-11-05T11:00:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:00:00.000-05:00The price Gannett pays, you blithering idiots, is ...The price Gannett pays, you blithering idiots, is the loss of credibility with the very people who have made the company successful and are in the best position to lead Gannett out of its death spiral, if the suits would only embrace our ideas. Gannett began fostering an "us versus them" attitude toward employees years ago, and it has become clearer that highly skilled reporters, photographers, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59340999573014840752008-11-05T10:35:00.000-05:002008-11-05T10:35:00.000-05:008:13 a.m.Sounds like reader-submitted content to m...8:13 a.m.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like reader-submitted content to me. It's cheap and it's easier than hiring reporters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11091987572794811442008-11-05T10:27:00.000-05:002008-11-05T10:27:00.000-05:00The price you pay is that you end up looking stupi...The price you pay is that you end up looking stupid; that you lost control of your spin; that internal information leaked before you released it. That's a price for any corporation to pay and it also says something about the mindset of the company. Very old school ...still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18412804475946005882008-11-05T10:20:00.000-05:002008-11-05T10:20:00.000-05:00I'm with 6:43 on this one. The headline is mislead...I'm with 6:43 on this one. The headline is misleading, and we see way too much of this in modern journalism. It's one reason we're struggling. <BR/><BR/>Sure. Gannett may have been a little embarassed by the comments on Jim's blog, but I don't see what price they paid. Tara continues to ignore the blog and there is no actual cost to Gannett. There is a pretty good argument that her job is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-13491533028567389302008-11-05T10:05:00.000-05:002008-11-05T10:05:00.000-05:00Gannett is using the method LBJ used during the Vi...Gannett is using the method LBJ used during the Viet Nam when dealing with leaks and controversy..... Lie, Deny, Defy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89833229229658662242008-11-05T09:48:00.000-05:002008-11-05T09:48:00.000-05:00Now that I'm in PR...and using my 2007 Bacon's (wh...Now that I'm in PR...and using my 2007 Bacon's (which is outdated, I know), let's talk about the value of that placement.<BR/><BR/>OUTLET: New York Times<BR/>DETAIL: Gannett blog mentioned in Nov. 4 story by Clair Cain Miller<BR/>IMPRESSIONS:1,142,464 (Bacon's 2007)<BR/>AD RATE: $585.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24438919065990017752008-11-05T09:01:00.000-05:002008-11-05T09:01:00.000-05:00Keep hating, Tara.I savor it more each day.Keep hating, Tara.<BR/><BR/>I savor it more each day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com