tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post7252078591514698569..comments2024-02-12T05:16:19.968-05:00Comments on Have I Got News For You!: Axe falling at the PD on Tuesday ... via Ma BellEric Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04712971532952999645noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-36392171851359657092008-12-05T13:26:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:26:00.000-05:00Not sure anonymous how you could know that the ABJ...Not sure anonymous how you could know that the ABJ is posting double digit profits. They are a private company now. Are you an insider at the ABJ? I'm going to bet those double digits are no longer there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-8806961631984770282008-12-02T15:11:00.000-05:002008-12-02T15:11:00.000-05:00Remember that the PD, like the ABJ, is still turni...Remember that the PD, like the ABJ, is still turning double-digit profits, even with the layoffs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-71873241673694175612008-12-02T11:55:00.000-05:002008-12-02T11:55:00.000-05:00Without a local news source, you're not getting th...Without a local news source, you're not getting the complete story. The ABJ is a poorer place without the likes of David Giffels and Chip Bok, and now it looks like a lot of PD'er's are going to be asked to go as well. Newspapers are a shell of what they used to be when I was growing up, and yet, there is nothing like them to replace the ability to sit down with a cup of coffee in the morning on the sofa and read what's contained between the covers. <BR/><BR/>It's sad that print media will probably, before long, go the way of the dodo and become extinct. Without local news sources, most areas won't be served by being able to tell <I>our</I> stories, hear <I>our</I> points of view in letters to the editor and so forth. Akron and Cleveland, if their local news sources dry up and disappear, will be ill served by the national media because they are small markets, not big mega-markets like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. <BR/><BR/>And what a thing to lay on people just before Christmas. Truly sounds like the PD management has become a bunch of Grinches who stole Christmas for those people who are soon to get pink slipped. And just where are these folk supposed to find new jobs in an economy like this in a state whose budget lies in tatters? How very cruel at such a festive time of year as this to lay that on people. Bah, HUMBUG!SallyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02866119113767406408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-11894411742296814032008-12-02T10:51:00.000-05:002008-12-02T10:51:00.000-05:00I agree with the last post. I don't understand the...I agree with the last post. I don't understand the animosity toward media types. Does anyone really believe Cleveland, Akron or any city is better off without a strong newspaper or TV newsroom?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-16681859606777107362008-12-02T10:26:00.000-05:002008-12-02T10:26:00.000-05:00Boy. Some people really got it for media types, e...Boy. Some people really got it for media types, eh? <BR/><BR/>Not sure what steak they are eating up there at the DP but I bet most people, maybe even anonymous, would be surprised how little these jobs pay. <BR/><BR/>I know that working at the paper or the local tv station seems glamourous . . . but the pay can be a lot like eating gruel. That's way so many of them work extra jobs, yes? <BR/><BR/>Or is that just more steak?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-52169173273741721672008-12-02T00:03:00.000-05:002008-12-02T00:03:00.000-05:00That is pretty poor - that is the best way to tell...That is pretty poor - that is the best way to tell them?<BR/><BR/>Thats awful.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858781035308252728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-14622394093944071912008-12-01T21:09:00.000-05:002008-12-01T21:09:00.000-05:00While we are talking about the PD. How come there...While we are talking about the PD. How come there is no comment about Mayor Pluquellic being named in a story about the FBI investigation of politicians and that workers comp company? The story made it sound as if Mayor Don accepted campaign contributions from this company and in turn hired them for a city contract? Where is the story in the Beacon Journal or on WKYC? Will you talk about this on News Night Akron?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-24275470613822798362008-12-01T17:52:00.000-05:002008-12-01T17:52:00.000-05:00It's tough all over (Ohio), and we all give our he...It's tough all over (Ohio), and we all give our hearts and souls to what we do. Many mainstream media types have lapped at the trough of plenty for a long time. Now its their turn to look at a meager bowl of gruel instead of a fact, juicy steak and be thankful they have at least have that. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, print media may become obsolete sooner than some predict, like 2014.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509576463606701643.post-45761192772240173802008-12-01T17:35:00.000-05:002008-12-01T17:35:00.000-05:00Announcement by phone is especially lame, though I...Announcement by phone is especially lame, though I don't know that coming in only to be asked to leave is much better. The situation for these employees stinks regardless of dismissal method.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com