tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post2146545132730293058..comments2024-01-05T22:20:39.218-06:00Comments on CHATTER: NEWSPAPERS: 'THEY ARE SCREWED'Ron Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12099772730874178834noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-25258918545427776882007-05-09T22:33:00.000-05:002007-05-09T22:33:00.000-05:00Good entry, Ron.Good entry, Ron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-62376379913984586332007-05-09T15:00:00.000-05:002007-05-09T15:00:00.000-05:00Of course, anon 1:55. We all know the coffee makes...Of course, anon 1:55. We all know the coffee makes isn't the biggest screwup. But it's the funniest, don't you think? I mean, what else can we do — after the thrill of canceling our subscriptions wears off — but laugh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-71024939883219411842007-05-08T17:21:00.000-05:002007-05-08T17:21:00.000-05:00And makes for grouchy (I mean, grouchier) reporter...And makes for grouchy (I mean, grouchier) reporters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-70316820159187891002007-05-08T15:48:00.000-05:002007-05-08T15:48:00.000-05:00I didn't post the information about the coffee mak...I didn't post the information about the coffee maker and water cooler because I thought it was malfeasance. The point was that seems like small potatoes in the overall News-Leader budget and to cut those items to make ends meet seems petty ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-86130829675045957622007-05-08T13:55:00.000-05:002007-05-08T13:55:00.000-05:00Gee, you know, I'm sorry the newsroom no longer ha...Gee, you know, I'm sorry the newsroom no longer has a Mr. Coffee or a water spigot, but please...to say that "of all the malfeasance (Don Wyatt) has committed, he'll never live down the banishment of coffee service" hardly measures up to the massive screw-job he's done to sink the paper's overall quality to a new all-time low. That affects a few more people than just cutting off the java and the water to the news staff, don't you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-22613734142269132462007-05-08T12:10:00.000-05:002007-05-08T12:10:00.000-05:00Of all the malfeasance DWyatt has committed, he'll...Of all the malfeasance DWyatt has committed, he'll never live down the banishment of coffee service. Nero fiddles away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-13690768858661267902007-05-08T10:44:00.000-05:002007-05-08T10:44:00.000-05:00A profit margin of 10 to 20% is small compared to ...A profit margin of 10 to 20% is small compared to the margin achieved by many weeklies. A 30% margin is normally the goal and I believe that is Gannett's current goal. When you have to remove the coffee maker and water cooler from the newsroom (like they did at the News-Leader) in order to trim budgets and make more money your business is heading in the wrong direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-40606293081880459502007-05-08T09:19:00.000-05:002007-05-08T09:19:00.000-05:00She's on the faculty of the Mizzou j-school now. D...She's on the faculty of the Mizzou j-school now. Don't know what she got as a going-away present from Gannett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-33933228170006102472007-05-08T08:40:00.000-05:002007-05-08T08:40:00.000-05:00What happened to Ms. Overholser after that speech?...What happened to Ms. Overholser after that speech? Did her golden parachute open up and take her away?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com