tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post7629680305978309626..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: April 2-8 | Your News & Comments: Part 4Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34592815099974310662012-04-08T13:54:47.020-04:002012-04-08T13:54:47.020-04:00Define working 12:31 AM as too many, and given the...Define working 12:31 AM as too many, and given the increased revenues Gannett has projected for doing it, the work being done is at a very slow and costly pace at best. One suspects the egos of those in control of this rollout explains a great deal as to why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-41167696419130626962012-04-08T00:31:43.112-04:002012-04-08T00:31:43.112-04:00What a silly post 2:57. There is a roll out schedu...What a silly post 2:57. There is a roll out schedule. It's working. Sorry to ruin your day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43057038473042402312012-04-07T17:57:27.290-04:002012-04-07T17:57:27.290-04:00If Project Firebug was going 'great', we w...If Project Firebug was going 'great', we would have had corporate directives to have all sites moved behind walls in Q1. At best, it's not sucking enough to scare everyone off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50846201323902144402012-04-07T16:05:14.604-04:002012-04-07T16:05:14.604-04:00Jimmy now go and rewrite every line of code for Yo...Jimmy now go and rewrite every line of code for YouTube. Plus Pay e has been here maybe a year. It's Payne's game. You'll eat your words before the end of this year. By the way the paywalls are going great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-87749419073185008002012-04-07T14:47:07.196-04:002012-04-07T14:47:07.196-04:00Why not outsource all that coding to Bangalore? If...Why not outsource all that coding to Bangalore? If it's good enough for our advertisers, good enough for our readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71895452258512066212012-04-07T14:39:08.519-04:002012-04-07T14:39:08.519-04:00@1:54 – Given past experience that’s pretty hard t...@1:54 – Given past experience that’s pretty hard to believe, more so given how Gannett is basically using the same templates for all its newspapers. What’s more to the point is Gannett likely hasn’t ramped up with temporary help, etc. to make it a real priority. Given the money that’s apparently at stake the cost to do so is likely well short of the revenues this company would lose. Hence, whyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20876888686647894262012-04-07T14:34:08.080-04:002012-04-07T14:34:08.080-04:001:54 YouTube was conceived, launched, built out an...1:54 YouTube was conceived, launched, built out and sold to Google for $1.7 billion -- all in 21 months. That's competition in the digital age.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57262362740006946292012-04-07T13:54:24.147-04:002012-04-07T13:54:24.147-04:00Because Jimmy ever line of code has to be rewritte...Because Jimmy ever line of code has to be rewritten. EVERY LINEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-32783262958650966922012-04-07T11:05:46.060-04:002012-04-07T11:05:46.060-04:0010:41 I would add this question: Why is it taking ...10:41 I would add this question: Why is it taking as long as two years for Gannett Digital to relaunch all the community news websites?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31587892102929342172012-04-07T10:41:20.530-04:002012-04-07T10:41:20.530-04:006:02, denying facts and your inability to look beh...6:02, denying facts and your inability to look behind the numbers exemplifies why Gannet struggles today.<br /><br />Did you miss Gannett ordering furloughs for the second quarter? Did you miss how warmer weather and an early Easter drove retail sales up earlier than normal? Did you miss recent news how the percentage of U.S. workers compared to population has dropped? <br /><br />All, along Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63584666328045656002012-04-06T21:54:15.073-04:002012-04-06T21:54:15.073-04:00I'm serious about unionizing. I posted this on...I'm serious about unionizing. I posted this on another board and will post again here! My company had furloughs, layoffs, etc but we recently unionized and even though that won't prevent layoffs we have so much more protection. Minimum salaries, any furloughs would need to be approved/negotiated with the union, we have severance written in our contracts so if if we are laid off it won'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-89231010582251018912012-04-06T18:02:48.792-04:002012-04-06T18:02:48.792-04:00Single copy sales are down, Sunday sales are down ...Single copy sales are down, Sunday sales are down and online numbers are down. The only reason the first quarter is good is because Corporate gave your site money to support the new pay walls. When that goes away so will your job. <br /><br />If all Gannett content stinks why the good first quarter with an uptick in revenue in USCP? The new paywalls are exceeding expectations. Circulation at mostAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-88638166951940108012012-04-06T09:53:01.250-04:002012-04-06T09:53:01.250-04:006:57, if things are as rosy as you say they are, w...6:57, if things are as rosy as you say they are, why the furloughs the the GPS crew? Are you just going to start alternating the furloughs between GPS and USCP so people think they're getting a break? This company sucks and it's going to tank. You cannot run a business this way. I will believe we aren't in financial trouble when the furloughs stop for ALL employees, raises are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54139425746253728332012-04-06T08:49:41.667-04:002012-04-06T08:49:41.667-04:00@7:30 Regarding the Tech problems,
The Tech dept i...@7:30 Regarding the Tech problems,<br />The Tech dept in Nashville, Who is left? The very best took the buy out, what does that leave? A guy that became a supervisor and only took him 28 years.Yep The cream of the crop left to make sure we are taken care of.This is the dead weight that needs replaced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34676955604970877872012-04-06T08:48:58.713-04:002012-04-06T08:48:58.713-04:00The people you call haters 6:57 AM are realists to...The people you call haters 6:57 AM are realists to most.<br /><br />Warmer weather and an early Easter drove retail growth nationwide, both of which Gannett does not control. Regarding paywalls, how many millions did Gannett leave on the table and how many jobs could have been saved had Gannett not wanted so long, and it’s still waiting in many markets? How many businesses did Gannett overpay Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69433017048804363022012-04-06T08:21:45.323-04:002012-04-06T08:21:45.323-04:00So happy we just got $75K worth of advice to give ...So happy we just got $75K worth of advice to give us the 2003 corporate strategy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-54169286469906053452012-04-06T07:01:15.317-04:002012-04-06T07:01:15.317-04:00Unions haven't prevented one layoff in years. ...Unions haven't prevented one layoff in years. They lost all power when Frank Vega destroyed them in Detroit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4537183326598421442012-04-06T06:57:55.126-04:002012-04-06T06:57:55.126-04:00If all Gannett content stinks why the good first q...If all Gannett content stinks why the good first quarter with an uptick in revenue in USCP? The new paywalls are exceeding expectations. Circulation at most sites with paywalls are better than expected. Sorry haters but things are actually better than you profess. No furloughs in the second quarter despite insider" My Boss wannabes. Are things great? No. But are they s bad as you say? No.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24358015435258584882012-04-06T06:50:58.046-04:002012-04-06T06:50:58.046-04:00Nice concept if your company wasn't public and...Nice concept if your company wasn't public and massive amounts of stock wasn't owned by large investment companies. In the investment world there is no time or patience for this kind of experimentationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49787170917311401642012-04-06T05:24:56.879-04:002012-04-06T05:24:56.879-04:00So 12:01, where does DealChicken fit in all that? ...So 12:01, where does DealChicken fit in all that? We can't just leave our next, best hope running around headless....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26325184682284535272012-04-06T00:01:23.420-04:002012-04-06T00:01:23.420-04:00Ok so I going to jump right to the Executive Summa...Ok so I going to jump right to the Executive Summary. Normally this would cost about 75k and involve a few weeks of research and writing. You would get a beautiful 100 page report and 25 copies. I am going to give it to you for free on Jim's blog. Send him some money if it resonates with you. Here is what your company should do. <br /><br />Three product lines. One is the meandering Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30598873962022065382012-04-06T00:01:02.324-04:002012-04-06T00:01:02.324-04:00@10:09 So go out and produce a better product. ...@10:09 So go out and produce a better product. I will actually pay for good reporting and journalism and I suspect other people will too(shocker, I know). The problem is that the company you work for thinks it owns the distribution channel and they believe that people will buy whatever garbage you dish out because Gannett is the only game in town. Distribution is what Gannett bought, not a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72796258196028403942012-04-05T23:21:03.330-04:002012-04-05T23:21:03.330-04:00I disagree. Our photogs are crazy-talented. My bes...I disagree. Our photogs are crazy-talented. My best iphone pics cannot compare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84377857703468887162012-04-05T23:08:34.158-04:002012-04-05T23:08:34.158-04:00Now that Gannett is arming thousands of reporters ...Now that Gannett is arming thousands of reporters with I-Phones, I would hate to be a photographer in the company.<br /> It's clear Gannett is introducing I-Phones to get rid of photographers. With so many reporters having I-Phones, why does Gannett need photographers? If I was a Gannett photographer, I would be stocking up on spaghetti and macaroni and cheese dinners. Anytime a company Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83147803951608167172012-04-05T22:55:38.178-04:002012-04-05T22:55:38.178-04:00I think you meant Ready! FIRE! then AIM. The true ...I think you meant Ready! FIRE! then AIM. The true Gannett way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com