tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4102379186001667174..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Aug. 29-Sept. 4 | Your News & Comments: Part 1Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-70924283777923558142011-08-30T12:10:18.291-04:002011-08-30T12:10:18.291-04:008:01 is dead on, judging by the lemming trolls who...8:01 is dead on, judging by the lemming trolls who have come in to stumble all over themselves, as usual.<br /><br />Jimplosion is a great word. I, too, like the quarterly Jimfits, especially when he then decides to censor another word. I'd recite the current list, but -- well, you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79699608948684875042011-08-30T11:58:22.027-04:002011-08-30T11:58:22.027-04:00Amazing how many trolls monitor this blog for any ...Amazing how many trolls monitor this blog for any opportunity to pounce on Jim. This blog has changed their lives forever. Rightfully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87349492712795157092011-08-30T10:53:21.790-04:002011-08-30T10:53:21.790-04:00Jim cares about the shareholders? Jim is in this -...Jim cares about the shareholders? Jim is in this - judged by his actions - for the average worker, the "common man." He seems to have a personal hatred of executives. He has a long track record of fighting the upper class, something that was true long before this blog. If he cared about the shareholder, he would approve of downsizing, and would be a proponent of cutting the company up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30896253302436992072011-08-30T09:30:31.763-04:002011-08-30T09:30:31.763-04:00Jim was around when gannett shares were trading no...Jim was around when gannett shares were trading north of 85 a share. He has the perspective you haters dont. long term shareholders have been hit hard. you obviously havent been around to feel the pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53832959634335564392011-08-30T08:32:39.629-04:002011-08-30T08:32:39.629-04:00Jealous? Evidently.Jealous? Evidently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61932940340842143312011-08-30T08:01:27.204-04:002011-08-30T08:01:27.204-04:003:11, expect Jim to say either nothing at all, or ...3:11, expect Jim to say either nothing at all, or to come back with his patented "I'm just one small overworked blogger" defense, complete with a "my bad" that's supposed to wash lack of judgment and bias aside. Personally, I love those lack of judgment moments, like hinting at affairs of top execs. Waiting for the next Jimplosion!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27814697202026144762011-08-30T05:53:05.991-04:002011-08-30T05:53:05.991-04:00because Jim is a hater first and foremost, 3:11. L...because Jim is a hater first and foremost, 3:11. Like some deranged TV evangelist, he expounds syrupy half truths, then asks blind supporters who dont know better to send money. and doggone it, they do. Its Lord Jimbo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77811589312449748932011-08-30T03:11:50.768-04:002011-08-30T03:11:50.768-04:00Just out of curiosity Jim, but when the stock clos...Just out of curiosity Jim, but when the stock closes down as much as it rose today, you'd do some kind of front-page acknowledgment all alone, but when it rises ... nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67175777151669058942011-08-30T02:12:36.108-04:002011-08-30T02:12:36.108-04:0011:01
You know darn well that most of the so calle...11:01<br />You know darn well that most of the so called Press ops are not worth their weight in Gold. Especially in a big union shop, were I was in charge, half these clowns did not know or give a shit to know how to run the press. They all like to sit on the back sides down in the reel room and get paid a journeymen wage and are worth nothing as far as getting the paper out. Yes, I blame the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90675996973328314132011-08-30T01:12:44.371-04:002011-08-30T01:12:44.371-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-66208132902082526702011-08-29T23:35:48.762-04:002011-08-29T23:35:48.762-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8161636749145148062011-08-29T23:22:49.886-04:002011-08-29T23:22:49.886-04:00At Florida Today sales are tanking worse due large...At Florida Today sales are tanking worse due largely to readers opening the pages and finding stories from Ft. Myers, Used to be rival Orlando Sentinel, USA Today, and the like. Very few locally written stories anymore. Heck even the opinions are from places like the Tallahassee Democrat, Ft. Myers, etc. What used to be "Our Views" has now become "Other Views". It's like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18796819777935668082011-08-29T23:14:47.370-04:002011-08-29T23:14:47.370-04:00Layoffs were announced today for many of the adver...Layoffs were announced today for many of the advertising artists at The Republic. Some who were notified that they would be leaving were told they could apply for "senior" positions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16654738794387178072011-08-29T22:52:33.363-04:002011-08-29T22:52:33.363-04:00Del Greco left Turner nearly two years ago, accord...Del Greco left Turner nearly two years ago, according to her Linked In profile. Her most recent gig, as a self-employed consultant, was a Web series called Clean Break to promote a new kind of razor. Maybe consulting slowed down along with the economy and she started looking for work like millions of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68815474977399583022011-08-29T22:34:09.461-04:002011-08-29T22:34:09.461-04:008:16 yes I am upset in general about this new mark...8:16 yes I am upset in general about this new marketing team firing great people in order to bring in their own agenda and team.<br />Ed Cassidy was let go in order to hire this new VP.<br /><br />I have great sympathy for Gannett employees being disposed of in order to "try" something new with people who have not a clue "from the outside". TV is NOT print. And yet every new Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24688972727284426532011-08-29T22:32:53.133-04:002011-08-29T22:32:53.133-04:00So why is corporate specializing in finding out-of...So why is corporate specializing in finding out-of-the-loop former players? del Greco's been gone from Turner nearly two years. Her chief accomplishment since? A Web series promoting a new kind of razor. Here's info del Greco's Linked In profile:<br /><br />Principal dG Entertainment Marketing <br />Entertainment industry <br /><br />January 2010 – August 2011 (1 year 8 months) <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40576795961499402922011-08-29T22:23:04.225-04:002011-08-29T22:23:04.225-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53752142256713487682011-08-29T22:20:48.126-04:002011-08-29T22:20:48.126-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-15049513649020266002011-08-29T21:52:13.524-04:002011-08-29T21:52:13.524-04:00USA Today WAS an "iconic brand." Now, af...USA Today WAS an "iconic brand." Now, after abandoning things like quality control and journalistic integrity, it's just another poorly packaged piece of Gannett crap like most of the other newspapers/websites run by the chain gang. USAT has an amateurish feel to it and gets beat so often that I have given up on going to the website for breaking news. Going to take a long time to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45015331048264307382011-08-29T20:57:44.836-04:002011-08-29T20:57:44.836-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86320802498491447962011-08-29T20:16:49.962-04:002011-08-29T20:16:49.962-04:006:34 PM Thank you, apology accepted. I figured you...6:34 PM Thank you, apology accepted. I figured you meant those from Univision and NBC but it is difficult not to be sensitive when someone says layoff people are "castoffs" because that is the mentality of a lot of business people unfortunately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11001715400999670912011-08-29T20:08:49.363-04:002011-08-29T20:08:49.363-04:00I would have an educated guess that the 50%
revenu...I would have an educated guess that the 50%<br />revenue loss at Brevard has most likely been building up to that over more than one quarter.<br />That would be hard to imagine, that all of a sudden in one quarter you could lose that much.<br />Probably quarters one and two were not much better and slowly and consistently losing revenue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38476228608427906222011-08-29T20:05:09.805-04:002011-08-29T20:05:09.805-04:006:20 pm - I don't know how many weeks of TPP y...6:20 pm - I don't know how many weeks of TPP you get, but you don't want to wait until it's done before you **look** for a job.<br />I had 9 years of service and got 9 weeks of TPP. It took four months, many jobs applied to, and many interviews before I got an offer. I've been told that that was pretty fast.<br />You have to get your resume into the pipeline, and start applying Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18414765355765890272011-08-29T18:34:25.326-04:002011-08-29T18:34:25.326-04:0012:37 apologies. I have great sympathy and empathy...12:37 apologies. I have great sympathy and empathy for anyone laid off. My words were too strong.<br />Best to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40677756165504205722011-08-29T18:20:04.419-04:002011-08-29T18:20:04.419-04:00Jim, Florida Today last week let their pre-press,...Jim, Florida Today last week let their pre-press, usat press crew and what staff assigned to usat in the mailroom go. I'm guessing 15 or so. That's a good 35+ employees in a month.<br /><br />I know as I was one of the ones let go last week. I'm going to use my transitional pay up before I even think about another job. I deserve a long vacation on Gannett's pay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com