tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post8664604507503848049..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: In farewell, Digital Chief Saridakis attacks paywall strategy, saying: 'Industry going about it all wrong'Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9006052563974871482011-09-27T23:17:56.092-04:002011-09-27T23:17:56.092-04:00Chris Saridakis is an opportunist sans conscious p...Chris Saridakis is an opportunist sans conscious par excel-lance. He is the ultimate metaphor for <br />the the perverse and destructive motives that have<br />come to symbolize Corporate America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-12212287116587263642010-05-03T23:12:41.328-04:002010-05-03T23:12:41.328-04:00Saridakis is way off base, and so is every other p...Saridakis is way off base, and so is every other person who thinks that the internet is some kind of magical social medium that makes everything free. Content is produced by professionals willing to put in the time and effort to produce quality reporting and analysis. That's an incredibly important part of the check and balance system in a democracy. It's always been worth paying for, it&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3818298495553316642010-05-03T14:42:42.787-04:002010-05-03T14:42:42.787-04:00Chris is who he is and never porported to be other...Chris is who he is and never porported to be otherwise.<br /><br />Chris is a straight shooting backstabber.<br /><br />He is a progressive thinker without the ability to execute.<br /><br />He is a trusted expert who is trusted by no one who knows him.<br /><br />Poor Chris, such a conflicted man. <br /><br />Poor Chris, he only has $200m in the bank. <br /><br />Poor Chris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-86432536021844747962010-05-02T15:41:03.862-04:002010-05-02T15:41:03.862-04:00That letter reminds me so much of one of those sic...That letter reminds me so much of one of those sickening high school/college speeches that all those popular kids had to give!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51908007074118424842010-05-02T15:04:15.910-04:002010-05-02T15:04:15.910-04:00This whole scenario reminds me of Michael Maness. ...This whole scenario reminds me of Michael Maness. Now he resides somewhere in the catacombs of Gannett. That "Golden Boy" couldn't cut it.<br /><br />It's all nice with a "good-bye letter" and such, but come on, people, while he was here nothing significant happened through Digital. Being nice to people is ok within reason, but it doesn't sell the papers. <br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18888618615557460512010-05-01T06:10:01.557-04:002010-05-01T06:10:01.557-04:00...and also jumping ship with a half million is ea......and also jumping ship with a half million is easier than staying and facing Gannett challenges. It was all about PointRoll. Not to be mean, and not unlike my stockbroker, Nice Guy and Fraud are not incompatible adjectives for job-bouncers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74175760198146296802010-05-01T05:56:26.560-04:002010-05-01T05:56:26.560-04:00Chris read the countless posts on Jim's Blog a...Chris read the countless posts on Jim's Blog asking what he did for 2 years. A novelette goodbye was appropriate!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55786135176906239092010-04-30T17:52:54.937-04:002010-04-30T17:52:54.937-04:00Apparently Josh Resnik sent a note that says that ...Apparently Josh Resnik sent a note that says that Saridakis's assistant, Katie Full, is leaving to join him at GSI Commerce. I wonder how many more people will leave to join him there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27749089483819086482010-04-30T17:34:15.081-04:002010-04-30T17:34:15.081-04:00My hunch tells me there's so very much more to...My hunch tells me there's so very much more to this story. I guess time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21894074696642433622010-04-30T17:20:48.723-04:002010-04-30T17:20:48.723-04:00Sorry, but this guy is a high-end fraud.
He has ...Sorry, but this guy is a high-end fraud. <br /><br />He has left the company exactly where it was, digitally, and his "manifesto" is the kind of thing we can hear from high-paid consultants who know everything about what has just happened, but never seem to know what is coming.<br /><br />I hear he was a good person to work for. But he took no risks, sat and watched, never really Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-35522314958944498962010-04-30T16:14:29.890-04:002010-04-30T16:14:29.890-04:00Heh leave Chris alone. It was a tough couple of ye...Heh leave Chris alone. It was a tough couple of years. He had to, well he, ahhh he must have..... Forget all that. He writes a great goodbye letter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-43168753652626227442010-04-30T16:00:58.427-04:002010-04-30T16:00:58.427-04:00Seems like the lesson is clear: Writing stories th...Seems like the lesson is clear: Writing stories that simply regurgitate daily events or games can be done by anyone or anything. His mention of software just proves it's a commodity. Hasn't that already been obvious? It seems where any of us can make our mark is by doing journalism that can't be done by software, that requires thinking and instinct and experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27980696910740457822010-04-30T15:42:42.885-04:002010-04-30T15:42:42.885-04:00Gotta love it -- the athlete profiled on the Big T...Gotta love it -- the athlete profiled on the Big Ten website in an example of a computer-generated story is a JOURNALISM grad student at Indiana!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34699976941639095592010-04-30T15:39:21.017-04:002010-04-30T15:39:21.017-04:00Where in this memo does Saridakis slam "the l...Where in this memo does Saridakis slam "the leading pay wall strategy?" What exactly does "the leading pay wall strategy" mean? Why do you think such a thing exists?<br /><br />I don't work for Gannett. I work for a different media company. Perhaps it's revolutionary in an inside-Gannett context, perhaps not ... but I see nothing new in Saridakis' memo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78940351874392935792010-04-30T14:31:01.518-04:002010-04-30T14:31:01.518-04:00Wait. What? Really? How many of you sycophantic as...Wait. What? Really? How many of you sycophantic ass-licking commenters are getting job offers from this piece of slime. I've worked with and for this arrogant little child and I have no idea how any of you could see his leaving as anything but a blessing from God. CS has never shown a shred of respect for his employees. Ask anyone who's ever left his beloved PointRoll: I challenge you to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84680476455837132072010-04-30T13:59:42.850-04:002010-04-30T13:59:42.850-04:00Now tell me what he did during his two years other...Now tell me what he did during his two years other than give great speeches and cash in lots of stock. Yes it is a great memo. But what did he do other than sell us his company and get richer. I am not being petty but I don't get it. Forget standing up to suits. What did he do that actually contributed to the growth of the company and or revenues. I don't get it. Forget the platitudes, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78312199021264159352010-04-30T13:32:59.981-04:002010-04-30T13:32:59.981-04:00Ever notice how people who can't write are the...Ever notice how people who can't write are the very ones who diminish journalists' roles and make claims like this one----that robots can replace 'em!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18084366162306302742010-04-30T13:14:53.092-04:002010-04-30T13:14:53.092-04:00I would love to be a fly on the wall in those meet...I would love to be a fly on the wall in those meetings where he disagreed with the suits in corporate. Bravo Chris!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-18197576378846268792010-04-30T13:08:28.857-04:002010-04-30T13:08:28.857-04:00Classic Saridakis! Most people don't have the ...Classic Saridakis! Most people don't have the balls to put a note like this out there. He is who he is because he does not play the corporate political game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-1825150064445578462010-04-30T13:04:56.808-04:002010-04-30T13:04:56.808-04:00"Narrative Science automates the creation of ..."Narrative Science automates the creation of editorial narratives across a wide range of content verticals."<br /><br />Huh? Why can't business people who work for journalism companies learn to speak in plain English?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78236257648071007782010-04-30T13:04:33.224-04:002010-04-30T13:04:33.224-04:00He is leaving because Gannett is getting ready to ...He is leaving because Gannett is getting ready to put up massive paywalls. The experiment will start with just a few newspapers (Tallahassee among them) and I understand it has caused great dissension.<br /><br />He made the right move. More talent will be leaving newspapers every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-78856559212400247492010-04-30T12:21:51.491-04:002010-04-30T12:21:51.491-04:00Pretty clear why he didn't fit into the Gannet...Pretty clear why he didn't fit into the Gannett corporate culture, isn't it? Imagine the meetings in which he was talking and none of the suits was getting it. Glad you were with us for a while, Chris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74230964949963516712010-04-30T12:18:33.887-04:002010-04-30T12:18:33.887-04:00The automatic journalism concept is interesting an...The automatic journalism concept is interesting and it illustrates, once again, how foolish many newspaper executives have been in their staffing decisions. <br /><br />The first people that they sent out the door were columnists, critics and other "personalities." They have also dumped a lot of people with specialized knowledge, those most capable of analyzing and commenting on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-6781133614843907932010-04-30T12:18:11.214-04:002010-04-30T12:18:11.214-04:00Read what he wrote, and read what Jim wrote. Which...Read what he wrote, and read what Jim wrote. Which would you pay for? If you were an advertiser, where you place your ad? <br /><br />Content is not news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-2857532796735960292010-04-30T12:14:34.257-04:002010-04-30T12:14:34.257-04:00Fighting till the bitter end. I love it.Fighting till the bitter end. I love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com