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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
What are you hearing?
Rumors, emails, axe-man sightings? . .
12 comments:
Anonymous
said...
The Bottom Line is scooping KC yet once again!
"The bottom line: an additional 30 or-so newsroom staff cuts are anticipated along with the closing of three of the four outlying Star offices (the Olathe bureau is expected to stay). That, after the decimation that was last year. "A news staff meeting is expected to go down this afternoon. However you cut the cake, the look and content of The Star and other daily papers is pretty much a slam dunk to change like never before in the weeks, months, years to come."
KC has the best bloggers. Why would anyone read the Red Scar?
I hear there is a PeeWee baseball game in Miami. Z-man, send three sports reporters at once. Cut expenses, Z ain't going to cut no expenses! And, how is the little Mrs. doing? Rehab going okay?
The Star sent five reporters and a photog. to the Big 12 tournament last year. They all had their own room and 159.00 a night....Same amount for the Final 4, but they added three more photogs to the pile. Talking about a waste.
It's not a McClatchy paper, but the Austin American-Statesman is bringing back the Sunday TV supplement they discontinued a year ago...now for an extra charge.
You know, that is really strange. From what I remember the weekly TV guide carried a huge premium for advertising in it because everyone kept it around all week. I'd have thought they would have kept that around until the bitter end.
In the 21st century there are more broadcast channels across the cable and satellite, than can be listed in the weekly TV Mag.
Newspapers won't let go of the TV Mag, yet the advertisers know the old sales pitch of "eye balls all week long" pairs up nicely with "The most important news source in the region".
12 comments:
The Bottom Line is scooping KC yet once again!
"The bottom line: an additional 30 or-so newsroom staff cuts are anticipated along with the closing of three of the four outlying Star offices (the Olathe bureau is expected to stay). That, after the decimation that was last year.
"A news staff meeting is expected to go down this afternoon. However you cut the cake, the look and content of The Star and other daily papers is pretty much a slam dunk to change like never before in the weeks, months, years to come."
If that is too much John I apologize.
http://bottomlinecom.com/kcnews/hearneisback.html
KC has the best bloggers. Why would anyone read the Red Scar?
I hear there is a PeeWee baseball game in Miami. Z-man, send three sports reporters at once. Cut expenses, Z ain't going to cut no expenses! And, how is the little Mrs. doing? Rehab going okay?
The Star sent five reporters and a photog. to the Big 12 tournament last year. They all had their own room and 159.00 a night....Same amount for the Final 4, but they added three more photogs to the pile. Talking about a waste.
I vote to delete and block, 4:52,
5:28, 6:24. All the same jerk, and we don't need his spam. Kick his ass out!
It's not a McClatchy paper, but the Austin American-Statesman is bringing back the Sunday TV supplement they discontinued a year ago...now for an extra charge.
More details here.
You know, that is really strange. From what I remember the weekly TV guide carried a huge premium for advertising in it because everyone kept it around all week. I'd have thought they would have kept that around until the bitter end.
Gannett just reduced dividends by 90%.
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB123560067871276203,00.html?mod=wsjportfolio
In the 21st century there are more broadcast channels across the cable and satellite, than can be listed in the weekly TV Mag.
Newspapers won't let go of the TV Mag, yet the advertisers know the old sales pitch of "eye balls all week long" pairs up nicely with "The most important news source in the region".
In the 21st century there are more broadcast channels across the cable and satellite, than can be listed in the weekly TV Mag.
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Good point I had not considered.
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