tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post4078629554378003819..comments2023-03-26T07:23:06.012-06:00Comments on News Buyout 2008: Poll resultsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-82957903785756640532008-10-03T17:49:00.000-05:002008-10-03T17:49:00.000-05:00I think most of us understand that the polls are j...I think most of us understand that the polls are just a comic break in the demoralizing drama we're facing. So I'd just ask the first poster to lighten up and let the rest of us enjoy them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-34010162453759688162008-10-03T15:11:00.000-05:002008-10-03T15:11:00.000-05:00Layoffs means never having to say you're sorry at ...Layoffs means never having to say you're sorry at the DMN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-86265805759241448582008-10-03T12:18:00.000-05:002008-10-03T12:18:00.000-05:00Ok, since you asked....The news management group m...Ok, since you asked....<BR/><BR/>The news management group meeting on Wednesday was to discuss cuts in operating funds. In addition to the loss of staff through layoffs/buyouts, there will also be reductions in money available for travel, supplies, etc.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah. Managers have been told to expect to lose another 20 staffers through attrition over the next few months.<BR/><BR/>Newsroom math is a tricky thing, but depending on how one counts, this could bring the staff by next year to under 300 - less than half of what it was in fall 2004 before the layoff.<BR/><BR/>When asked a while back how much staff he would need to run a web operation only, the managing editor said 200.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-36226623810969950692008-10-03T10:31:00.000-05:002008-10-03T10:31:00.000-05:00Keep the info coming.Keep the info coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-40466942824140259402008-10-02T23:22:00.000-05:002008-10-02T23:22:00.000-05:00More FYI:Romenesko site reports that Steven A. Smi...More FYI:<BR/>Romenesko site reports that Steven A. Smith, editor of the Spokane Spokesman Review, resigned. His comments are interesting. Among them: "“It is time to stop standing behind our salaries, our bonuses and our pensions and stand up and say what needs to be said”—that short-term thinking and cutbacks are “dooming our organizations to irrelevance and causing irreparable harm to our systems and society without consideration of the larger loss."<BR/>The paper's AME, Carla Savali, also resigned. She was considered the heir-apparent to Smith.<BR/><BR/>Not to worry, though. DMN bosses are too loyal to the staff to bail in such a pointless gesture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-79808588628080598282008-10-02T22:49:00.000-05:002008-10-02T22:49:00.000-05:00Guess this explains the popularity of disco.FYI:Ne...Guess this explains the popularity of disco.<BR/><BR/>FYI:<BR/>News Management group met for lunch on Wednesday to discuss layoff plans. AMEs for Local News spent a bunch of time across Young Street on Thursday followed by closed-door meetings with department heads. Somber is one way to describe the looks of those who emerged from one meeting. Word is that corporate has ordered cuts deeper than news managers expected. Those third quarter numbers must have come in. Is tomorrow Friday?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-24577809474396945162008-10-02T18:57:00.000-05:002008-10-02T18:57:00.000-05:00I like the polls.I like the polls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-44885999886513004382008-10-02T18:31:00.000-05:002008-10-02T18:31:00.000-05:00The polls don't trivialize anything. They can't. T...The polls don't trivialize anything. They can't. They're just ... polls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776270284157042917.post-61264231801711205452008-10-02T17:25:00.000-05:002008-10-02T17:25:00.000-05:00Enough with the polls, please. They are, frankly, ...Enough with the polls, please. They are, frankly, silly. You have done some good work. Don't trivialize it. It's okay if there is no real news to pass on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com