tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post8826920363480643276..comments2023-12-31T06:41:45.412-08:00Comments on Gary Robert Scott: Singleton to step down as MediaNews CEO*Gary Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05164233287474327699noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-16376099114569882192011-01-21T14:00:13.334-08:002011-01-21T14:00:13.334-08:00@ Anony 1:34 PM: I believe Milton Waddams is a ref...@ Anony 1:34 PM: I believe Milton Waddams is a reference to the excellent 1999 comedy "Office Space."<br />2) Milton Waddams: I know who has your red stapler.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16695632515727445197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-2602418890202603852011-01-19T18:15:18.254-08:002011-01-19T18:15:18.254-08:00Better to think of MNG as a holding company instea...Better to think of MNG as a holding company instead of an owner of anything, except maybe Denver Post -- even then. <br /><br />Gannett and Donrey have never been out of the picture, etc. etc. as many others are not out of the picture nor out of the money pot. <br /><br />Dean has been more like a reverse-independent contractor and a wealthy one at that. <br /><br />While everyone thinks that Dean is hanging his substantial head in shame ... he's sitting in his cave near Denver counting his millions upon millions.<br /><br />"My precious, my precious ..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-6523098216942263472011-01-19T13:34:46.060-08:002011-01-19T13:34:46.060-08:00@Milton Waddams: WHY ON EARTH would you want your ...@Milton Waddams: WHY ON EARTH would you want your old job back? Move onward and upward; newspapers ain't where it's at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-66520849891748407052011-01-19T13:13:08.991-08:002011-01-19T13:13:08.991-08:00Call me a cock-eyed optimist, or a pie-eyed carrot...Call me a cock-eyed optimist, or a pie-eyed carrot-topped summer sunday dreamer, or just a stubborn old cuss who won't stop believing in things just working out in the end, if you wait long enough, thank you very much, but I'm cautiously hopeful this means I will get my old job back, and stapler.Milton Waddamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-31843588764059695282011-01-19T07:02:48.602-08:002011-01-19T07:02:48.602-08:00I doubt if all they know are numbers. If they knew...I doubt if all they know are numbers. If they knew numbers in this case they wouldn't be eating three quarters of a billion. They will arrange leadership far better than current.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-8232900283186969022011-01-18T19:43:06.796-08:002011-01-18T19:43:06.796-08:00I doubt that Singleton's influence will be sig...I doubt that Singleton's influence will be significant or meaningful. His position will be limited by banks who are furious with him. However, the new decision makers could be worse. All they know are numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-4661294322755481842011-01-18T17:24:21.114-08:002011-01-18T17:24:21.114-08:00And having Dean Singleton in charge of "conso...And having Dean Singleton in charge of "consolidation" is like ... (paste your more-than-obvious simile here):Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514745.post-58785819065610651362011-01-18T17:02:32.777-08:002011-01-18T17:02:32.777-08:00I'm sure when the bankers look at all those un...I'm sure when the bankers look at all those unnecessary layers of management for what is basically a manufacturing company they'll find ways to consolidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com