Here's the epitome of idiotic mismanagement: Media General has 141 people working at the Dothan (Ala. ) Eagle. Dothan has a population of 60,000. The paper quotes a circulation of 33,000, but if you believe that you probably believe Joaquin Phoenix is the next big hip hop star.
-----Original Message----- >From: Richard de Give <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 25, 2009 4:15 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: (media deathwatch) Blues at the Green* > > > >I hear ya here ... I don't think I've ever worked for a paper with a >circulation of more than 25K and have done my share of gawdawful hours being >constantly small-staffed, but it's like the guy who sweeps up after the >elephants at the circus, it's still show biz! Luckily so far only had 401k >matching and raises frozen while Lee was restructuring some loans >(successfuly, it turns out) ... still ... gotta keep living the dream of being >on "Today's Papers." > >Rich > > >--- On Tue, 2/24/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> best of luck to Anastasia Hendrix, Christopher Heredia, >> Thor (yes!) Swift and Rachael Gordon, with whom I was >> privileged to share office space at Fresno State's Daily >> Collegian a zillion years ago. I used to regret that I >> didn't follow them on the major paper journo track. Used >> to. Still wish I had. >> >> Cheers, as we watch our industry implode before our eyes, >> --Deb >> >> >> --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Joseph Nebus <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > From: Joseph Nebus <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: (media deathwatch) Blues at the Green* >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 8:25 PM >> > On Feb 25, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Richard de Give wrote: >> > >> > > Troubled San Francisco paper in danger of closing >> > > By MICHAEL LIEDTKE >> > > AP Business Writer >> > >> > > “Our current situation dictates that we >> accomplish >> > these cost >> > > savings quickly,” Chronicle Publisher Frank >> Vega >> > wrote in a memo to >> > > the staff. “Business as usual is no longer an >> > option.” >> > >> > ``We're not positive just how to save the >> newspaper, >> > but we're going >> > to try cutting the comics, locally-written features, >> and >> > expensive >> > investigative journalism so as to save money until >> readers >> > flock back >> > to us.'' >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
