Ax falling at Advertiser

[Kimo]

Advertiser breaking news site:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ap...ING03/80716061

[LikaNui]

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Laying off 54 workers!
And Gannett's stock fell today to its lowest level in the past two decades.

[Kimo]

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From PBN's story:

"The company [Gannett] made $233 million in the second quarter, about $130 million less than a year ago."

Aw...pua t'ings - on'y made 233-million....

And if profits were so junk EVERY quarter, that would mean they make less than a Billion for the year. Pass the tissues . . .

[pumpkinboy]

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Sorta puts the Advertiser workers in an uncomfortable position when it comes to their contract negotiations.

Any dissent? Don't like what we're offering you?


No problemo.... *axe falls*

[Geebz]

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Not that it really matters - loosing a job is bad not matter the possition, but what were the positions that were cut (if anyone knows).

[Kimo]

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From the Advertiser:

"The cuts include three full-time and one part-time newsroom staffers."

Others likely to be less hi-profile backroom types.

[pumpkinboy]

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I think KHON reported that Dick Adair and a photographer were two.

I hope not. Prayers for everyone that they land on their feet and soon.

[DNR55]

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I have shares in a newspaper publishing company that was worth $36/share. Today it is $3.60/share. oh well....time to buy?

[pzarquon]

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I'll be curious how Dick Adair came to be laid off, if the union contract heavily favors and protects seniority. He's been there decades, I think.

Horrible news. Not unexpected, but horrible for the people involved. It'll be interesting to see how guild negotiations go from here forward -- I doubt they'll be warmer than they've been so far!

[Amati]

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TV news - KITV@6PM maybe? - said that the newspaper was asking for photographers to also write news stories. I've gotta watch again at 10pm and pay more attention this time!

[Amati]

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TV news - KITV@6PM maybe? - said that the newspaper was asking for photographers to also write news stories. I've gotta watch again at 10pm and pay more attention this time!

Yes, 10pm news report says that the station is asking for photographers to write stories, and reporters to take photos.
I smell a newspaper that could go under due to really poor leadership.

[MyopicJoe]

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asking for photographers to write stories, and reporters to take photos

I think the term is MoJo, coined by people at Gannett.


Best wishes to all the families affected (even the employees who still have their jobs but now have a bad taste in their mouth and knots in their gut)

[Composite 2992]

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Yes, 10pm news report says that the station is asking for photographers to write stories, and reporters to take photos.
I smell a newspaper that could go under due to really poor leadership.

The Star-Bulletin closed that division of writers and photographers when they moved to the makai end of South Street. But there were more writers who shot pictures than photographers who wrote stories.

There aren't that many photographers with writing skills. The Star-Bulletin had three with journalism degrees. Two left and a third is now doing something other than photography.

The Advertiser doesn't have any photographers with a journalism degree, and the older ones certainly aren't writers.

The previous generations of photographers and writers were specialists. It's the younger ones who have greater flexibility -- unfortunately they also have less seniority and are at risk of getting laid off first.

[pumpkinboy]

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Journalism seems to have changed a lot and of course now it is all about the almighty buck.

Hence the blurring between entertainment and news.

I've seen it happen to CNN and I've seen it happen to the Advertiser.

How many feature articles do we need about Ala Moana's "Bodies" exhibit anyway?

Of course the Advertiser relies heavily on Ala Moana ads to survive, but do they take us for idiots?

Commercials disguised as news.

[foolish heart]

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And to think it was once rumored Gannett was interested in buying a local tv station here.

Thank goodness that nightmare never came to pass.