tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post9009576559508372003..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Oct. 3-9 | Your News & Comments: Part 2Jim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51258793136788495162011-10-06T17:09:49.917-04:002011-10-06T17:09:49.917-04:0011:49, especially if you're a publisher or dir...11:49, especially if you're a publisher or director that does not have a background in advertising or sales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76707898770507880612011-10-06T11:49:01.310-04:002011-10-06T11:49:01.310-04:00You know it's a new quarter when newspapers ag...You know it's a new quarter when newspapers again start up buyouts/layoffs. This time it's the Denver Post:<br />http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/10/denver_post_buyouts_layoffs.php<br /><br />Industry is toast. If you still work in the news business, get out before you are laid off or bleed out from a series of cuts to your benefits and salary. <br /><br />I am trying with all myAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44954934932089284712011-10-06T11:44:09.611-04:002011-10-06T11:44:09.611-04:00A few years back at at NY Gannett property, the pa...A few years back at at NY Gannett property, the paranoid and mean-spirited editor would ask IT to provide email and instant messages regarding certain staffers. We also had security cameras that swept the newsroom, so don't work on anything not work-related. Please, please, just post from home or from your personal smartphone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-69393213514524136452011-10-06T10:09:34.594-04:002011-10-06T10:09:34.594-04:00I too,mourn the death of Steve J.
He is the hero,t...I too,mourn the death of Steve J.<br />He is the hero,the Thomas Edison of my generation.<br />However, how about a separate thread?<br />Gannett revenue/layoff news ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58593130590399570922011-10-06T09:41:17.609-04:002011-10-06T09:41:17.609-04:00I first learned about Steve Jobs passing, yesterda...I first learned about Steve Jobs passing, yesterday from my "Apple Start-up Page." R.I.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57864728684591228462011-10-06T09:40:03.227-04:002011-10-06T09:40:03.227-04:00Revenue,Revenue,Revenue,
It's the revenue peop...Revenue,Revenue,Revenue,<br />It's the revenue people! Nothing else really <br />matters.<br />Follow the money trail and you will know the course.Revenue up no layoffs,Revenue down<br />again,more layoffs.<br />So <br />ANY NEWS ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82877688371647486122011-10-06T09:20:15.376-04:002011-10-06T09:20:15.376-04:00I wouldn't be so sure (12:01) about no one wat...I wouldn't be so sure (12:01) about no one watching. I personally have been requested on more than one occasion to try to find the source of anything negative being posted or published anywhere about our site. Excuse me my former site, but much more recent than 2009.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48917164276103279822011-10-06T09:13:23.030-04:002011-10-06T09:13:23.030-04:00Mashable, a digital darling, did a story on all th...Mashable, a digital darling, did a story on all the front pages of newspapers re: Steve Jobs. Thought that spoke volumes of the power of the front page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3109702466107481712011-10-06T08:55:34.599-04:002011-10-06T08:55:34.599-04:00Mozilla Firefox will allow posts.
Explorer not.
Th...Mozilla Firefox will allow posts.<br />Explorer not.<br />The quarter has been over weeks. Is there any news out there about how terrible the revenue numbers are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44138760042353073442011-10-06T08:23:49.507-04:002011-10-06T08:23:49.507-04:00My brother told me.My brother told me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80655785325557952902011-10-06T08:21:48.341-04:002011-10-06T08:21:48.341-04:00News of Jobs death posted on my sites website shor...News of Jobs death posted on my sites website shortly after 8:00pm Wed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80582295629806703612011-10-06T07:51:49.153-04:002011-10-06T07:51:49.153-04:00@ Jim 12:46, Text from an Apple fanboy.@ Jim 12:46, Text from an Apple fanboy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-92064117737476302312011-10-06T07:45:08.580-04:002011-10-06T07:45:08.580-04:00@ Jim 12:46
I heard the news first on Twitter.@ Jim 12:46<br />I heard the news first on Twitter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85400619076038699652011-10-06T07:02:36.382-04:002011-10-06T07:02:36.382-04:00Jim, your 12:17 post proves you are an idiot.
Try...Jim, your 12:17 post proves you are an idiot.<br /><br />Try to be less idiotic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84320631404685325472011-10-06T06:50:11.226-04:002011-10-06T06:50:11.226-04:00They do a bunch of shuffling so people are confuse...They do a bunch of shuffling so people are confused. It usually results In less positions but is masked with "oh look we gave this person a new title or job". <br /><br />Recently there was an announcement about newly created USCP Sales Excellence team. 2 positions were filled internally by higher level folks. Their Former positions I suspect will go dark. 1 position was being split upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45882700613712430372011-10-06T05:36:53.164-04:002011-10-06T05:36:53.164-04:00The not less than 20 front line upper management t...The not less than 20 front line upper management to be let go are? Who are they? Who are the VPs to be let go? Is this all talk just to smooth over the 1% to be let go bye years end. Any one have any info on these so called lay offs..I am in the loop and I have not seen much, how about you. Who was let go at your paperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85359225305180920232011-10-06T03:46:38.011-04:002011-10-06T03:46:38.011-04:00Through my AOL news feed. I never look at my pape...Through my AOL news feed. I never look at my paper online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-31991611695897330092011-10-06T00:46:56.771-04:002011-10-06T00:46:56.771-04:00I learned about Steve Jobs' death on Facebook ...I learned about Steve Jobs' death on Facebook -- not on a newspaper's website.<br /><br />How did you first learn the news?Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-17585928050450358252011-10-06T00:17:57.275-04:002011-10-06T00:17:57.275-04:0012:01 and everyone: How would monitoring e-mail on...12:01 and everyone: How would monitoring e-mail on a mass scale boost revenue and/or profits?<br /><br />After all, that question drives virtually all decisions.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37092707602281724112011-10-06T00:01:31.012-04:002011-10-06T00:01:31.012-04:00As someone who worked in IT for Gannett, let me as...As someone who worked in IT for Gannett, let me assure you that no one is reading your email or monitoring where you go on the internet. No one has time for that. Originally some sites had that capability, but these days, forget it. No one is watching. They laid off Big Brother in 2009.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23433510894259759022011-10-05T22:35:09.750-04:002011-10-05T22:35:09.750-04:00Goodbye to Mobile Matt Jones, who was celebrated t...Goodbye to Mobile Matt Jones, who was celebrated today at a going away party. After more than a decade at Gannett, he was forced out and is joining HomeDepot in Atlanta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45928898412245017002011-10-05T22:31:41.964-04:002011-10-05T22:31:41.964-04:00While Dubow might have been saying it, he got it f...While Dubow might have been saying it, he got it from Payne. The goal is to break down the silos between the divisions and operate the organization as a full-fledged media services company rather than a series of individually run one-off papers and stations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82923556712956094632011-10-05T22:22:14.589-04:002011-10-05T22:22:14.589-04:00Agree on Gracia. While she clearly has the site vi...Agree on Gracia. While she clearly has the site visit routine down, I think she surprised us in Wilmington by being straightforward and not lost in the corporate lingo. I don't think anybody left the room drinking the kool aid but I do think she turned some whose only impression of her had been through this blog. Now if Dubow had been there ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60309717272815589472011-10-05T21:50:52.517-04:002011-10-05T21:50:52.517-04:00It's a little too late to be building employee...It's a little too late to be building employee morale. This company sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49002396922266984402011-10-05T21:50:20.566-04:002011-10-05T21:50:20.566-04:00So now a silo was a vertical that was a stovepipe?...So now a silo was a vertical that was a stovepipe?BTDTnoreply@blogger.com