And I'm surprised because? My brother just went through one of those at the Singleton rag in Monterey. And they opened talks with the union by offering 15% cuts ...
--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Jim O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jim O'Connell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ,,,,,of the story... > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 11:56 AM > #yiv511055695 {font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, > sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;} > > > Media General this week added three more furlough days to > the 10 days previously announced. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard de Give > Sent: Mar 6, 2009 2:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ,,,,,of the story... > > > > > > Got this feeling there's gonna be more > "formula" news -- car crashes, overreaction to > someone just accused of child molestation, canned health and > financial reports, 10 minutes of weather (even on sunny, > clear days), the scores (if they haven't given up on a > sports segment completely, figuring anyone who cares is > watching "SportsCenter," which may one day be > about stories not involving the Red Sox, Yankees, Cowboys or > Celtics again), lots of dogs nursing kittens or cats playing > poker, all delivered by a bleached blonde (or a member of > the predominant minority in the community) and a > studly-looking surfer boy -- and that important stuff like > city council? Oh yeah, we'll leave that to the > newspaper, which is downsizing too. > > And they wonder why local news isn't selling, besides > the economy? Maybe because it all looks the same. > > Rich > > > --- On Fri, 3/6/09, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ,,,,,of the story... > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 11:22 AM > > > > I hadn't, but -- > > http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/the_staff_of_wtvh_laid.html > > Looks like it's happening in Peoria, Ill., too. > > The station didn't close -- just the newsroom. I > expect a *whole* lot more of this. In a Coke-or-Pepsi > world, there are an awful lot of television station RC Colas > out there waiting to be bumped. > > ====== > AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau :: :: Wealth without work. > Pleasure without conscience. Science without humanity. > Knowledge without character. Politics without principle. > Commerce without morality. Worship without sacrifice. > --Gandhi's seven deadly social sins :: :: "The arc > of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward > justice." --King :: :: "Any time you have the > opportunity to accomplish something and you don't, you > are wasting your time on this earth." --Roberto > Clemente > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 14:14, Jim O'Connell > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Anyone else heard about this? > ABC affiliate WTVH in Syracuse shut down this week and > showed all 40 people in the newsroom the door. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Glenda Collins > Sent: Mar 6, 2009 2:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ,,,,,of the story... > > > > > > > > Yes > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone under 50 still regularly tune in for the News > and Comment? > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
