tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post1695199132172569112..comments2023-12-31T06:41:45.412-08:00Comments on Gary Robert Scott: Publisher consolidation in LANGGary Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05164233287474327699noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-69081398492014447142011-10-09T19:36:48.101-07:002011-10-09T19:36:48.101-07:00Because the cities don't care. My guess is tha...Because the cities don't care. My guess is that they are enjoying the fall of the traditional press. They have trouble running a city, why take on a dyind albatross?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-13453006012287989032011-10-09T14:13:23.493-07:002011-10-09T14:13:23.493-07:00Don't know why cities w their papers (Pas, SGV...Don't know why cities w their papers (Pas, SGV W. Cov & WDN Whit) don't take over the papers in some type of eminent domain and make them non-profits. I bet some old geezers will donate their estates to the papers so they can run w/o budget worries, get some real old school journalists in there and most likely, they would put out some good shit once the staff is not pressured to perform or get fired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-56370926057852709012011-10-06T04:45:56.674-07:002011-10-06T04:45:56.674-07:00I haven't heard, but, makes logical sense. cir...I haven't heard, but, makes logical sense. circ losses, no advertising, virtually no local news...why keep the masthead. It isn't wdn any longer nor has it been for many years. My guess is that they need two to three buildings at most to do the current job they do, and, that is only because of the driving distance. Frankly, one building and let people work from home most of the time makes more sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-78909910129677012522011-10-05T20:40:30.475-07:002011-10-05T20:40:30.475-07:00is the rumor true about wdn building shutting down...is the rumor true about wdn building shutting down? new editor coming in? more consolidation? or elimination?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-73142342826914105422011-10-05T19:16:29.044-07:002011-10-05T19:16:29.044-07:00most of the time i find that how you treat people ...most of the time i find that how you treat people comes back at you in ways you never imagine...good and bad. that doesn't mean everyone will agree with your decisions or like them, but, a thoughtful explanation goes a long way.i guess that was a concept yet undiscovered at lang or their managers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-25994941551750591172011-10-05T17:06:59.834-07:002011-10-05T17:06:59.834-07:00If you make the decision to be a hardass and not g...If you make the decision to be a hardass and not give a crap about the people who work for you, you'd better be sure you're never down and out.<br /><br />Little Stevie Villechaize played Napoleon for years, and crapped on dozens of people. He seemed to take real pleasure in his firings.<br /><br />Now when we think about him, it's almost impossible not to laugh and laugh and laugh.LANG Bangernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-20685602111929503782011-10-03T10:50:09.191-07:002011-10-03T10:50:09.191-07:00Outsource, furlough, vacation accrual/ wage freeze...Outsource, furlough, vacation accrual/ wage freeze. <br /><br />Where are the occupy journalism protesters !<br /><br />http://vodpod.com/watch/588340-liveleak-com-ha-ha-your-medium-is-dying#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-71174485579383818882011-10-03T03:23:03.398-07:002011-10-03T03:23:03.398-07:00a promotion dept, advertise your own product, spen...a promotion dept, advertise your own product, spend money to let your non readers know what you can offer...my gosh, that's brilliant! that's why it won't be done. frankly, that ship has sailed a long time ago. newspapers are today's ghost towns. slowly disappearing right before our eyes. we have met the enemy and it is us. so long, i'm going to miss you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-78735219209572763072011-10-03T01:14:25.913-07:002011-10-03T01:14:25.913-07:00How about good original local content!!! Not copy ...How about good original local content!!! Not copy pasting the same stories in 70 papers. Also the allway ignored young people who read from smart phones etc. People going to the airport for Xmas/ thanksgiving is not interesting. It's been done! Oh and hire a promotions dept. Win a Free IPad app will not drive traffic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-27864714661981250592011-10-02T04:16:24.948-07:002011-10-02T04:16:24.948-07:00Lambert had trouble picking his nose. He parroted ...Lambert had trouble picking his nose. He parroted what he was told. No substance or an original thought.Making money is just fine, that is what a firm is supposed to do. Caring about customers, employees and planning the future is also a responsibility. They failed big time in all of the above. No excuse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-63708313217493575932011-10-01T20:45:57.285-07:002011-10-01T20:45:57.285-07:001:38, some truth in what you say but it isn't ...1:38, some truth in what you say but it isn't as simple as that. As far back as 2005, Lambert was ranting in Sun editorial meetings that he didn't care about the print edition at all.<br /><br />Rather than use some innovation, but still try to be really good at what you do well, guys like Lambert threw it all away and tried to do stuff they couldn't do.LANG Bangernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-62705602528505785242011-09-30T16:39:20.695-07:002011-09-30T16:39:20.695-07:00I knew the world was coming to an end when Polaroi...I knew the world was coming to an end when Polaroid stopped making SX-70 film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-66589450502715081112011-09-30T13:38:34.143-07:002011-09-30T13:38:34.143-07:00While watching cnbc this afternoon, I heard them r...While watching cnbc this afternoon, I heard them report that Kodak was most likely going to file bankruptcy. They have lost about 30 billion in market cap from about 14 years ago. A sad analogy, I thought between Kodak and the newspaper business. No innovation,not willing to listen to news users, not embracing technology especailly in the earlier days, poor management etc etc. Kodak should have owned the digital camera market and a host of other leading firms...they thought they were bullet proof, just like newspapers use to think. They were wrong too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-30344361185288552652011-09-29T19:32:28.957-07:002011-09-29T19:32:28.957-07:00At this company, set the lowest expectations for y...At this company, set the lowest expectations for your leaders, then it is much harder to be disappointed. They even manage to surprise on the down side...twits. They should all wear t shirts...you can't fix stupid. wish I'd of thought of that saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-84815490843945083702011-09-29T18:55:25.342-07:002011-09-29T18:55:25.342-07:00OH, and speaking of people with Napoleon Syndrome:...OH, and speaking of people with Napoleon Syndrome: no sooner had Lambert departed the company than stubby and stout replacements started sprouting in his place over at the Sun properties. The Little Dictator Vacuum Principal strikes again and again and again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-40410874962125428912011-09-29T06:53:48.519-07:002011-09-29T06:53:48.519-07:00There's no place like digital first ... No pla...There's no place like digital first ... No place like digital first ... No place like ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-30254757328611671682011-09-29T03:11:33.079-07:002011-09-29T03:11:33.079-07:00You need to click your ruby red slippers together ...You need to click your ruby red slippers together to get back home.Oz hasn't been good for your mental stability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-28386909196934695242011-09-28T14:07:47.563-07:002011-09-28T14:07:47.563-07:00Papers are coming back, only fewer of them and wit...Papers are coming back, only fewer of them and with smaller sections, and fewer jobs, readers and ads than today. But the end of home delivery will be offset by the reduction in owner-occupied driveways, due to the housing collapse. Be positive, not cranky danky. And the prospects for ex-newspaper Internet trolls is getting better by the post.William Randolph Hearsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-72304891402437836382011-09-28T02:41:45.023-07:002011-09-28T02:41:45.023-07:006:56, it is a free country and you don't have ...6:56, it is a free country and you don't have to waste your time here if you choose not to. The world and this blog should survive. I enjoy reading the blogs, funny, bitter or accurate. If you don't, don't.<br /><br />For all of you who are under the delusion that only journalists read and post here. You are wrong. I am sure you can tell by my writing, but I am not a journalist. I have been involved in other aspects of the newspaper. Fortunate to have been succuessful in it at a better time and place. <br /><br />I am sure there is some good journalists left at Lang, clearly not many. If the breaking articles were that often and great one would suspect the readership would be a bit stronger. Of course there are nuggets from time to time, but, not enough. Local news in these papers is virtually not there. Not much content on a day to day basis and not getting stronger.<br /><br />Memo to 12:38...the Los Angeles Times by my sources is billing about 5 million a week in revenue. Sounds like a lot, but, they use to do more than that in classified alone. Even though you know that newspapers aren't about to relive their glory days, that is a sad, sad number and will only falter further.<br /><br />I am just guessing that it won't be long for major big city newspapers to stop delivery to the driveway...what a shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-43045665213492960272011-09-28T02:16:29.411-07:002011-09-28T02:16:29.411-07:00All of these poster alleging there is no content l...All of these poster alleging there is no content left on MNG, must not read then newspaper. While admittedly it has suffered, there are still a few reporters who put out news NO one on the internet would even begin to know how to report (save for a few non-profits that feature newspaper reporters). To say the information gathering ability and institution of newspapers needs the internet more than the internet needs newspapers is laughable and most likely the remarks of some hack who couldn't cut it. When was the last time a blogger broke a story... if you can't remember, it's because it rarely happens. So keep writing your nonsense posts and pretending you're not the failure you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-23087838884574253842011-09-27T18:56:32.241-07:002011-09-27T18:56:32.241-07:00Gary, this was once an excellent blog. Now it'...Gary, this was once an excellent blog. Now it's just a place for a couple of bitter trolls to post comments. I'm done coming here and you should be embarrassed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-57395794467448906482011-09-27T18:54:29.468-07:002011-09-27T18:54:29.468-07:00me thinks 12:38 is prankin y'all.me thinks 12:38 is prankin y'all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-34806176669308455012011-09-27T18:49:37.207-07:002011-09-27T18:49:37.207-07:00news scoop. the tooth fairy, easter bunny, santa c...news scoop. the tooth fairy, easter bunny, santa claus, and tinker bell are all going to work for lang along with hope, vision, leadership and creativity. just as soon as the economy gets better and newspapers have their day in the sun again. let it be written. let it be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-17369711804526960052011-09-27T15:14:03.458-07:002011-09-27T15:14:03.458-07:00insult away, the moron deserves it.insult away, the moron deserves it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-37933158131628713232011-09-27T14:47:52.780-07:002011-09-27T14:47:52.780-07:00and forget about the fact that most of the news pr...and forget about the fact that most of the news printed in newspapers is hours old. that can't be any reason. and that the young demo doesn't read. and oh, that it's just all related to....it's the economy, stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com