tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post4786746896359745322..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Jan. 27-Feb. 2 | Your News & Comments: Part 2Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26171672885446910042014-02-06T18:27:00.863-05:002014-02-06T18:27:00.863-05:00I think DAMN is spelled with an N and the end. Ma...I think DAMN is spelled with an N and the end. Maybe you aren't that good an editor and that's why you would be fired!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21308883741183890312014-02-05T04:12:07.824-05:002014-02-05T04:12:07.824-05:00Extending the brand without increasing revenue is ...Extending the brand without increasing revenue is like walking around with an erection hanging out of your pants. <br /><br />People will notice, people will talk about you - but without somebody jumping on board, what's the point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57161924400403880362014-02-04T11:15:12.585-05:002014-02-04T11:15:12.585-05:00We don't need or want Harry's Budget Furni...We don't need or want Harry's Budget Furniture Emporium<br />clogging-up the pages of USAT's Butterfly. Sell that crap into your local edition. We're trying to extend the USAT brand into USCP markets. As Jessup said in A Few Good Men: "I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way....Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21475336399755781142014-02-03T09:58:16.072-05:002014-02-03T09:58:16.072-05:00Hunke was a complete disaster, no question about t...Hunke was a complete disaster, no question about that. But, he's not the only one spending at a stupid rate on unnecessary staff. We have people here at USAT seem to have little or no role in the organization. We are completely over-staffed in sales support areas like pricing and finance. We had salespeople who carry no quota....and have no day-to-day sales responsibility. We have less Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12178368256544797882014-02-02T19:42:23.297-05:002014-02-02T19:42:23.297-05:00No. He can't spell and realized it, but then h...No. He can't spell and realized it, but then he screwed up the correction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35603967656214397782014-02-02T16:31:05.460-05:002014-02-02T16:31:05.460-05:006:38 PM - Ugh. Please tell us you didn't add a...6:38 PM - Ugh. Please tell us you didn't add a postscript in order to insert a punctuation error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63626617414107175302014-02-01T18:38:34.265-05:002014-02-01T18:38:34.265-05:00Make that know nothing's.Make that know nothing's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53301064391704629322014-02-01T18:37:18.655-05:002014-02-01T18:37:18.655-05:00It was once, before Hunke completely fucked it up ...It was once, before Hunke completely fucked it up on a management hiring binge as the economy tanked. Now it is a loss leader and staffed by no nothings. They aren't good journalists, managers or people. It is pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3217066905066957192014-02-01T17:09:19.276-05:002014-02-01T17:09:19.276-05:00Gannett pulls plug on Tucson Citizen, again
http:...Gannett pulls plug on Tucson Citizen, again<br /><br />http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013114_citizen/gannett-pulls-plug-tucson-citizen-again/<br /><br />Four and a half years after the press of the Tucson Citizen rolled for the final time, the final employee of what became a blogging site was laid off Friday. <br /><br />Newspaper chain Gannett announced that the website would become Dylan Smith/TucsonSentinel.comhttp://www.tucsonsentinel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29261911539393831422014-02-01T12:00:02.771-05:002014-02-01T12:00:02.771-05:00We have cameras too. They don't work. Otherwis...We have cameras too. They don't work. Otherwise the cameras would have shown the thieves stealing our computers and other equipment! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71700862922670491162014-02-01T09:40:45.034-05:002014-02-01T09:40:45.034-05:00Or "Check Chasing Ring Busted" in Shreve...Or "Check Chasing Ring Busted" in Shreveport's blotter....should be "cashing". wWong on the website and no one caught it (or maybe no one bothered to proof it) before it went in print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29720481176845503022014-02-01T07:50:44.736-05:002014-02-01T07:50:44.736-05:00We have had the project Butterfly USAT pages in my...We have had the project Butterfly USAT pages in my paper for several months now. We are not allowed to sell anything into those pages, they come sacrosanct from above. We're not pure enough to soil their image with our local advertisers.<br /><br />And what do they suck up our scarce color positions with? House ads. Filler. Promos for columnists and features which appear in the USAT full Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16811752790375800582014-02-01T00:13:02.459-05:002014-02-01T00:13:02.459-05:00Interesting. When they rolled this out I wondered ...Interesting. When they rolled this out I wondered if it might result in fewer USAT subscriptions. My thinking was that people who now subscribe to a national paper and the local would drop their national figuring they were getting enough of the same content in their local paper. This would only be true of USAT subscribers who live in Gannett local markets of course. Maybe it will be the other wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24764946998148178452014-01-31T23:10:16.477-05:002014-01-31T23:10:16.477-05:00Almost as funny as "Racist Golf Balls" o...Almost as funny as "Racist Golf Balls" on Shreveporttimes.com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-362932159855708962014-01-31T22:51:12.282-05:002014-01-31T22:51:12.282-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-36195369112075286642014-01-31T19:47:33.300-05:002014-01-31T19:47:33.300-05:00Simple question: Is USA Today profitable and, if s...Simple question: Is USA Today profitable and, if so, is it projected to remain profitable over the next 5-10 years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-25351074664729264312014-01-31T17:34:18.033-05:002014-01-31T17:34:18.033-05:00Talk about spin. If I didn't know otherwise, I...Talk about spin. If I didn't know otherwise, I'd almost think this is a good thing.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46279636756503199402014-01-31T16:37:56.568-05:002014-01-31T16:37:56.568-05:00He has a connection with New Orleans. Good for him...He has a connection with New Orleans. Good for him!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188251248529334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84376771510411080502014-01-31T16:28:04.395-05:002014-01-31T16:28:04.395-05:00Christopher Dabe has been hired as Managing Produc...Christopher Dabe has been hired as Managing Producer Sports/HSSN for NOLA.com. He will work with sports and high school sports. He is currently sports editor at Gannett Central Wisconsin Media based in Wausau. He was sports editor in Beaumont Enterprise before that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-29442084942821947692014-01-31T16:19:53.205-05:002014-01-31T16:19:53.205-05:00Bloggers got no notice.Bloggers got no notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-7276381130334430922014-01-31T16:19:06.737-05:002014-01-31T16:19:06.737-05:00This was just posted on tucsoncitizen.com:
Jan. ...This was just posted on tucsoncitizen.com: <br /><br />Jan. 31, 2014<br /><br />Gannett Co. Inc. announced today that tucsoncitizen.com will become a site for the archives of the Tucson Citizen. More than 200,000 articles dating to 1993 will be free and searchable.<br />The Tucson Citizen, which ended its print edition in 2009, has been a web site compendium of blogs written by local citizens andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30201887115228529572014-01-31T15:05:56.460-05:002014-01-31T15:05:56.460-05:009:42 has never read the Constitution and has no id...9:42 has never read the Constitution and has no idea what he is talking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16505363183770197832014-01-31T12:42:36.289-05:002014-01-31T12:42:36.289-05:00Wausau just hired a regional sports editor last ye...Wausau just hired a regional sports editor last year and the person seemed to be doing a fine job. Now there's an ad for his job posted. What happened?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-793514571578257052014-01-31T09:09:06.953-05:002014-01-31T09:09:06.953-05:00Why do you think it's called Air Watch.Why do you think it's called Air Watch. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76835795806130385652014-01-31T07:49:15.648-05:002014-01-31T07:49:15.648-05:00I found that the USA Today pages in the Asbury Par...I found that the USA Today pages in the Asbury Park Press have been the more interesting and better designed part of the paper. I’m thinking of canceling the press and buying USA Today.<br />I can get my local news from the many thriving weeklies in the area. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com