Gannett is lowering the axe again
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VZ is gone, Marcello is next, then Hampton, and finally Cleveland. All will be right in the world once they're all gone from the C-L
Big Sheep81 said:
I dropped my subscription nearly a year ago and they still deliver it every morning. They also call me several times each week asking me to come back. I can't imagine why they're having financial problems. They seem so organized.**
I have somebody bring me a Sunday edition. It's worth the $2. You get a lot of Auburn and Alabama stuff but they cover the sec pretty good. Rest of the paper is top notch.
the Commercial Appeal here in Memphis to get them to stop delivering a paper I wasn't paying for. I never read the thing and when I was away fromt eh house it was like putting a sign in my yard that I was out of town.MStateDawg said:
....if a paper like the Clarion-Ledger wouldn't be profitable if it were not corporately-owned. Seems like most of Gannett's problems have to do with the results of them overextending themselves on acquisitions several years ago. And when you have to share the budget pie with 50-100 other papers, you're going to get slashed if you're the Jackson paper when it comes slashing time.
I'd think if it were locally-owned, you might raise the price of the paper, but at the same time, commit to improving the reporting and give your readers something worthy of reading.
But we'll never know, because Gannett will shutter the C-L before they'd ever start looking to sell it.
I'd think if it were locally-owned, you might raise the price of the paper, but at the same time, commit to improving the reporting and give your readers something worthy of reading.
But we'll never know, because Gannett will shutter the C-L before they'd ever start looking to sell it.
And by remote, I mean some Gannett office in Nashville or some such will publish papers for lots of cities, including Jackson, using freelance local reporters and/or wire stories.
Hopefully by that time, the likes of The Rankin County News will rise to give rebirth to The Jackson Daily News.
Hopefully by that time, the likes of The Rankin County News will rise to give rebirth to The Jackson Daily News.
Two completely different cities in terms of social and economic makeup had newspapers. They tried combining them with of course news from each area. The result was a thin (more cost savings) newspaper with mixed news from each. Took about 3 months to tank. Another paper tried to beef up its coverage by including news from the neighboring state of Alabama. Tan,
Throughout the 90s, publicly-traded corporate newspaper groups became one of the hottest investments around. Lots of small town newspapers got bought from their founders and owners, lumped into other groups, then sold and re-sold several times. Along the way, many papers were squeezed several times over for quarterly profit margins, and this was well before the current recession and Wall Street bailouts. The internet hasn't done print newspapers any favors, but the business was in trouble before that wonder ever came along.
All news is essentially local and nobody covers that better than local newspapers. When staffs get trimmed and pared, after the best talent has already been encouraged to leave thanks to low, low salaries, original content is going to suffer, and the experienced selection of what replaces it will suffer also.
All news is essentially local and nobody covers that better than local newspapers. When staffs get trimmed and pared, after the best talent has already been encouraged to leave thanks to low, low salaries, original content is going to suffer, and the experienced selection of what replaces it will suffer also.
Throughout the 90s, publicly-traded corporate newspaper groups became one of the hottest investments around. Lots of small town newspapers got bought from their founders and owners, lumped into other groups, then sold and re-sold several times. Along the way, many papers were squeezed several times over for quarterly profit margins, and this was well before the current recession and Wall Street bailouts. The internet hasn't done print newspapers any favors, but the business was in trouble before that wonder ever came along.
And you can add local radio and broadcast television (which were swallowed up by major media cabals) to the same argument. Those same media conglomerates are now choking on their prior greed and poorly planned acquisitions. Their solution? Axe local staff and squeeze dollar production by cutting compensation. Those are not long term solutions for survival.
And you can add local radio and broadcast television (which were swallowed up by major media cabals) to the same argument. Those same media conglomerates are now choking on their prior greed and poorly planned acquisitions. Their solution? Axe local staff and squeeze dollar production by cutting compensation. Those are not long term solutions for survival.