This is too funny! I just happen to live in Dothan and get the Dothan Eagle.
Actually the population of the area is ~ 138,000. The Eagle also supports a couple of smaller newspapers. The bldg they are in though doesn't look like it will hold 140 people. Donna Christiansen From iPhone On Mar 2, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Jim O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
