tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post1201019479225123353..comments2023-10-24T01:17:35.297-07:00Comments on Etaoin Shrdlu: CalibrationHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-77825890542070201402008-09-09T13:43:00.000-07:002008-09-09T13:43:00.000-07:00Howard, Another day; another WashPost scoop on Pal...Howard, Another day; another WashPost scoop on Palin. Will the ADN print this one, too? Time was the national media cribbed from the ADN on Alaska stories, because the ADN had a decent-sized stuff and enough firepower to cover the state. Then McClatchy did like Gannett and now the ADN has to crib from the national media to figure out what's going on in its backyard. Simply because the ADN doesn'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-66513790322725118722008-09-09T12:55:00.000-07:002008-09-09T12:55:00.000-07:00Howard: Two thoughts, please: 1) Certainly the c...Howard:<BR/><BR/> Two thoughts, please:<BR/><BR/> 1) Certainly the current recession, the bank payments McClatchy must make to pay off the money they borrowed to buy KR and other such supply side issues are the bulk of our troubles. But too, isn't the profit margin that McClatchy will consider acceptable also an important variable? When you consider that most of the advertisers in our pages andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-15343245488256987242008-09-09T10:42:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:42:00.000-07:00Wanna view moi's lill' 'Palin' paordy?If'in yes, h...Wanna view moi's lill' 'Palin' paordy?<BR/><BR/>If'in yes, here it is<BR/><BR/>http://www.amiright.com/photoshops/p/the-paladins-power-shake-live-1220638620.shtmlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037704048671379868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-79312852287091032592008-09-09T10:07:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:07:00.000-07:00Anon 126 here: you askedAnon 126 here: you askedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-29931632304209377252008-09-08T19:25:00.000-07:002008-09-08T19:25:00.000-07:00Anon 1222: I don't know how I can explain this bet...Anon 1222: I don't know how I can explain this better, but I will try one more time. Our financial pinch is not a function of trying to reach a certain profit margin, or maintain executive salaries, or raise our stock price. We have debts and bank covenants we must meet, and doing so in a time of dramatic revenue decline means cutting costs.<BR/><BR/>We know we can't just cut our way to Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-52297495163358655642008-09-08T13:26:00.000-07:002008-09-08T13:26:00.000-07:00Responding to Howard's 9:39 I stand by no rea...Responding to Howard's 9:39 <BR/>I stand by no reason based on what I see economists are predicting for this economy, which is an L-shaped recovery, rather than a V-shaped. I don't see autos coming back for a year until they get their new gas-savers online, and I don't have to tell you where you live about the huge overhang of unsold real estate that has to disappear before there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-48382310572910722702008-09-08T12:22:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:22:00.000-07:00I want to agree with Anon 10:49.I understand that ...I want to agree with Anon 10:49.<BR/><BR/>I understand that some of your newspapers are losing money. But not all.<BR/><BR/>But if you continue to slash and burn -- with smaller papers, fewer pages and fewer locally produced stories -- don't you just make it worse?<BR/><BR/>Isn't there a point where leadership needs to say "we'll take just breaking even this year if it means keeping some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-56711984276814353162008-09-08T12:10:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:10:00.000-07:00In my McClatchy town, our daily paper's weekend se...In my McClatchy town, our daily paper's weekend section has shrunk to virtually nothing. Last Friday, I counted only 8 paid ads. <BR/><BR/>By contrast, the free weekly had dozens of full-color ads for a huge variety of upscale restaurants, shops and services - more than a few national ads as well. The free weekly is 4-5 times larger than the McClatchy paper's Friday tab and consequently has more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-71053595929751236332008-09-08T10:49:00.000-07:002008-09-08T10:49:00.000-07:00Here's the thing, Mr. Weaver. We know that things ...Here's the thing, Mr. Weaver. We know that things are bad.<BR/>A lot of people I know who read newspapers are dropping their subscriptions, not just McClatchy papers. They noticed the cutbacks in the size, the staff, the sections, and the "used news." Sounds like a vicious cycle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-42834577086560488712008-09-08T10:26:00.000-07:002008-09-08T10:26:00.000-07:00Howard, I kind of agree with anon754. US automaker...Howard, I kind of agree with anon754. US automakers are kind of like newspapers to some extent. They are like lumbering dinosaurs and VERY slow to adapt to change. Case in point, SUV's and large trucks. Detroit still has huge resources plugged into these gas guzzlers and when you se advertising you might think they're giving them away ($10,000 off list price) but they're still horrendously Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-45602861105302459002008-09-08T09:39:00.000-07:002008-09-08T09:39:00.000-07:00Anon 754: No reason? So you don't think the su...Anon 754: No reason? So you don't think the subprime real estate crisis, the slow sales of U.S. autos or the effect of recession on retail sales have ANY impact? Or do you just not think the U.S> economy will ever recover?Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-26370455065790591332008-09-07T22:54:00.000-07:002008-09-07T22:54:00.000-07:00Hi Howard,You have no idea who I am -- I've on...Hi Howard,<BR/><BR/>You have no idea who I am -- I've only emailed you a couple of times trying to find out about any jobs that are available in McClatchy regarding the web. It would seem that the jobs on McClatchy's online division have not been updated since February.<BR/><BR/>But, be that as it may, I have a real question that is very pressing (although I would still llove to know Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-40195082872900435462008-09-07T19:54:00.000-07:002008-09-07T19:54:00.000-07:00There's no reason to expect it will get better. Pu...There's no reason to expect it will get better. Put yourself in the shoes of an advertiser: why would you pay premium prices to put your ad promoting your wonder-widget in a newspaper that sells yesterday's news. Readers are savvy enough to realize they can read today what they are going to pick up on their doorstep tomorrow, and advertisers can point to Internet sites where all the stories Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-65164489158697813962008-09-07T17:56:00.000-07:002008-09-07T17:56:00.000-07:00The other main kind of debt is bonds, which are so...The other main kind of debt is bonds, which are sold in a set amount to become due at a certain date in the future. As I understand it (I'm no expert) the key difference is that bank debt is due monthly or so some regular schedule like most of us have in our lives, while the bond debt all comes due at once at a date fixed at the time of sale.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-51146711975257321632008-09-07T16:23:00.000-07:002008-09-07T16:23:00.000-07:00I can't read Mutter because I think an editor stol...I can't read Mutter because I think an editor stole his ice cream/car/wife once. Maybe all three. At once. He really has it out for the business. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, it will stabilize. I think so, too. I just hope I'm around long enough to be able to keep doing what I'm doing. <BR/><BR/>But then again I'm not one of the people at my McClatchy paper writing the stories or taking the pictures. I helpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-8377328047204708732008-09-07T12:05:00.000-07:002008-09-07T12:05:00.000-07:00Anon 640: Clearly this is a pointless argument tha...Anon 640: Clearly this is a pointless argument that you don't want to engage honestly, but for the benefit of others reading I have to say your point reflects ignorance to the point of willfulness. <BR/><BR/>News Corp. includes Twentieth Century Fox, the Fox network and Fox News, Sky satellite TV, DirecTV, music labels and much more. News Corp just isn't comparable to MNI or any other U.S Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-78120628233994576002008-09-06T21:34:00.000-07:002008-09-06T21:34:00.000-07:00Working for the Modesto Bee the last 20 years, I h...Working for the Modesto Bee the last 20 years, I have noticed it has always run in the black, or so I've been told. The employees in general have been proud to work there, and they have taken care of YOU, Gary and the rest. (How did you get those big pay checks anyway?) We have worked hard to produce an award winning product both in content AND in quality of reproduction. You have served the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-80285408790882576952008-09-06T18:40:00.000-07:002008-09-06T18:40:00.000-07:00This is truly a lame post, Howard. The “whole ind...This is truly a lame post, Howard. The “whole industry” is not in a recession. Take a look at the Wall Street Journal, whose owner News Corporation reported a 59 percent increase in annual profits, from $3.4 billion to $5.4 billion. For the last quarter, profits were up 21 percent.<BR/>If Rupert Murdoch can do it, why can’t Gary Pruitt and Howard Weaver? The Wall Street Journal, Rupert’s latest Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com