tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post3400916236888816773..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Urgent: Hillkirk is out as top editor at USA TodayJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31088603506066679962011-12-07T15:48:18.585-05:002011-12-07T15:48:18.585-05:00No one has mentioned Randell Beck as a potential c...No one has mentioned Randell Beck as a potential candidateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51807228491619117072011-12-02T14:44:48.202-05:002011-12-02T14:44:48.202-05:00Second best line of the week:
"Only after he...Second best line of the week:<br /><br />"Only after he (Hunke) appoints a vice president of swagger."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-7709483787123393692011-12-01T23:09:23.489-05:002011-12-01T23:09:23.489-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54924277944426170992011-12-01T22:57:20.270-05:002011-12-01T22:57:20.270-05:00Wow. Get a load of 10:41. When that guy shows up (...Wow. Get a load of 10:41. When that guy shows up (a corporate poster) you know a nerve has been touched!<br /><br />Here's the deal: US Community newspapers (now euphemistically called USCP) has been fed through Palm Springs/AZ for some time now, since the revolution. USAT is being fed through Detroit. Anger is a choice. I'm not a fan and don't understand how he comes out on top, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91005413241162254942011-12-01T22:41:50.257-05:002011-12-01T22:41:50.257-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61074535374264598502011-12-01T22:04:57.383-05:002011-12-01T22:04:57.383-05:00Only after he appoints a vice president of swagger...Only after he appoints a vice president of swagger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1108969522903983842011-12-01T21:51:25.290-05:002011-12-01T21:51:25.290-05:00Can someone please reassign Dave Hunke? Vice presi...Can someone please reassign Dave Hunke? Vice president of glad handing seems likema good job for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75039722703741127072011-12-01T21:47:42.456-05:002011-12-01T21:47:42.456-05:00So what are you suggesting, 9:28? Silverman is the...So what are you suggesting, 9:28? Silverman is the logical choice. I woul rather see someone already at USA Today get the job and have the fortitude to redistribute and reassign meager resources as needed. The paper is faltering on many levels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81968685538821074302011-12-01T21:45:42.233-05:002011-12-01T21:45:42.233-05:008:59 To the best of my knowledge, I've removed...8:59 To the best of my knowledge, I've removed all such stoner comments -- including one just moments ago -- regardless of where they've been directed. (And, selectively, I've removed comments that include the word "dude.)<br /><br />If you see any I've missed, please let me know.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82623339653072251762011-12-01T21:28:44.519-05:002011-12-01T21:28:44.519-05:00Gannett will have a hard time going for anyone fro...Gannett will have a hard time going for anyone from the outside for leadership. Which means they could go young. But that would be a mistake given the work ethic, lack of news judgement and non news gathering experience of the websters they have on board now. They could go experienced, but no candidate worth her salt would put up with the meddling from outside the newsroom. They could go to a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57579280813596483412011-12-01T20:59:10.087-05:002011-12-01T20:59:10.087-05:00Jim, your judgement calls regarding Susan weiss an...Jim, your judgement calls regarding Susan weiss and lee Horvich ring hollow when you allow slanderous comment of others. At least show some consistency. Horvich is allowed a pass on his managerial style, yet posters are allowed to mock Rudd Davis for being a stoner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50859531365106101732011-12-01T19:07:08.503-05:002011-12-01T19:07:08.503-05:00Wanted: Complaint bureaucrat, pride not necessary,...Wanted: Complaint bureaucrat, pride not necessary, willing to take this rickety raft over the waterfall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-7886276450013040552011-12-01T17:15:00.855-05:002011-12-01T17:15:00.855-05:00Keep an eye on Dave Morgan, recently brought on bo...Keep an eye on Dave Morgan, recently brought on board at USA Today Sports Media Group. Well-regarded, Morgan is a former executive editor at Yahoo who earlier earned kudos for building Yahoo Sports into a force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42299862559434702302011-12-01T16:24:51.287-05:002011-12-01T16:24:51.287-05:00Deputy editor of content is the no.2 position in t...Deputy editor of content is the no.2 position in the newsroom. and sentiment goes way beyond "a couple" of posters. His appointment has shocked many many people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59467520558115490772011-12-01T16:10:07.080-05:002011-12-01T16:10:07.080-05:00Jim, you continue to allow a couple of posters to ...Jim, you continue to allow a couple of posters to brutalize non-top editors at some papers out in field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36969079750181709412011-12-01T15:40:44.559-05:002011-12-01T15:40:44.559-05:003:28 I'm not protecting anyone at USAT. This i...3:28 I'm not protecting anyone at USAT. This is a judgement call that relates to how high up someone happens to be in the management hierarchy.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54267112614540951362011-12-01T15:28:01.182-05:002011-12-01T15:28:01.182-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72854927851328422532011-12-01T14:21:09.251-05:002011-12-01T14:21:09.251-05:006:31 - I knew it would come to this. Whenever a gr...6:31 - I knew it would come to this. Whenever a group grows so large, like USAT vice presidents, a support system must be created for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61195960848985508992011-12-01T14:17:01.082-05:002011-12-01T14:17:01.082-05:00Jim,
Re your 1:47 comment....at one time while on ...Jim,<br />Re your 1:47 comment....at one time while on the USAT marketing's Media Lounge web site, I noticed we had three different taglines being used at the same time! This brand has been without a cogent marketing plan forever. Their favorite terms:<br /><br />"We're still working out the details"<br />"It's still a work in progess"<br />"We haven't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75257394098950956222011-12-01T12:58:38.674-05:002011-12-01T12:58:38.674-05:00I like that no one has considered that USA Today w...I like that no one has considered that USA Today would hire an outside web editor. Susan Weiss, David Colton and John Hillkirk have all been struggling to understand this space. So why wouldn't their next leader be PURELY DIGITAL.<br /><br />Bring back Kinsey Wilson?<br />Steal Jim Brady?<br />Someone from HuffPo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32691318894713629322011-12-01T10:18:00.734-05:002011-12-01T10:18:00.734-05:00Kate Marymont as a possibility for the top editor ...Kate Marymont as a possibility for the top editor job at USA TODAY? Who is proposing that, her husband?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44665279495512974232011-12-01T10:02:45.309-05:002011-12-01T10:02:45.309-05:00New blood may be wonderful. But here's a rub (...New blood may be wonderful. But here's a rub (or maybe a few). Hotshot editors tend to be good at running one publication/brand/site, and they tend to be territorial. It may be good for JUST USAToday to get someone with great journalism chops from outside. But what the COMPANY needs now is someone in that chair who will not only raise up USAT quality, but who can finesse the flow of content Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15066071611849647552011-12-01T08:08:01.741-05:002011-12-01T08:08:01.741-05:007:18m whaaat? Wait and see? Been waiting and see...7:18m whaaat? Wait and see? Been waiting and seeing for several years, walking through BS on nearly every front at USAT since Hunke was annointed. <br /><br />Themes about USAT transition do not address the real problem -- which is real simple to define: a business-threatening freefall in ad revenue which began a couple of years ago. Two Jeffs and a Lee have not fixed that one.<br /><br />AndAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-91165792466263269662011-12-01T07:18:42.320-05:002011-12-01T07:18:42.320-05:00This is what is wrong with our colleagues. All you...This is what is wrong with our colleagues. All your speculation is about internal Gannett or former Gannett employees. You all criticize managements like of innovative thinking and here you are talking about Lovely or Ivory. Think big folks. Yeah furloughs suck but things are moving forward. Wait and see, new blood is coming to USAT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55390578056470210542011-12-01T06:31:53.676-05:002011-12-01T06:31:53.676-05:00Uh, you're all missing the obvious. The next e...Uh, you're all missing the obvious. The next editor isn't going to be anyone with journalistic chops - recall that we are talking about the USAT, recently pushed as the paper without it's nose in the air, for normal people.<br /><br />Look at whomever is available at Yahoo/AOL/ NBCUniversal - somebody in the new GVPS division has a friend over there and Hillkirk was pushed down to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com