Wed
Oct 7 2015
07:49 pm
By: Andy Axel
...they get bought out by Gannett.
RELATED: Gannett Bleeds Tennessean, Pays Execs Big Bonuses
Decoding The Tennessean's "Newsroom Of The Future" Statement
The Tennessean essentially fired its staff yesterday.
That's not snark. There were 89 slots in the newsroom, and there will be 76 at the end of the month. Everyone has been invited to reapply for jobs in the new newsroom.
My sincerest condolences to those about to weather the ongoing zombie apocalypse that is a Gannett newsroom, in which the survivors truly envy the dead.
|
|
Discussing:
- Vote! Thursday is election day. (4 replies)
- The Odyssey (3 replies)
- AI backlash - Justin Pearson (1 reply)
- U.S. Commerce Dept. Going Socialist? (2 replies)
- Publix Greenwise Organic Berry Recall (4 replies)
- Clayton partners Townsend properties with national company (1 reply)
- Open AI escapes, hacks competitor (2 replies)
- What's going on with Chattanooga? (3 replies)
- Oil company benefits from Middle East war? (2 replies)
- Senate Homeland Security Meeting - Harassment of Anthony Fauci (1 reply)
- Tennessee paying $637 million over 5 years for voucher software program (3 replies)
- Confusion at the Alcoa South Plant (3 replies)
TN Progressive
- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Todd Blanche sworn in as attorney general after contentious Senate confirmation (TN Lookout)
- Veteran Republican lawmakers lose Tennessee House races (TN Lookout)
- At CoreCivic, immigration crackdowns are good for business (TN Lookout)
- US employers shed 23K jobs in July (TN Lookout)
- US Senate leaves town for recess after passing stopgap spending bill, blocking photo ID for voting (TN Lookout)
- After Ogles’ primary defeat, Trump flips endorsement to Hatcher for Tennessee’s 5th District (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- A three-ring circus (Knox TN Today)
- Shortcut White Chicken Enchiladas (Knox TN Today)
- Daily Connections: Your East Tennessee Guide | August 11 (Knox TN Today)
- Bizarre Bytes: Why do we wear wedding rings on the fourth finger? (Knox TN Today)
- Above & Beyond: Knoxville man’s act of courage (Knox TN Today)
- T-Mobile brings Friday Night 5G Lights tailgate to Jefferson City (Knox TN Today)
- When the storm passes, who pays for the damage? (Knox TN Today)
- 8 ways to reduce college loan debt (Knox TN Today)
- Jim Dingus brings steady guidance and a sense of humor to Wallace North (Knox TN Today)
- Vols’ Wendell Moe in a class by himself (Knox TN Today)
- Faith Along the Way: Greener grass (Knox TN Today)
- Daily Connections: Your East Tennessee Guide | August 10 (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- All Papa Murphy's locations in Tennessee are now closed (WATE)
- Nine new cyclosporiasis cases reported in Knox County since July (WATE)
- Knoxville parent disheartened by air conditioning outage at elementary school (WATE)
- Two arrested after undercover human trafficking sting in Loudon County (WATE)
- Knoxville nonprofit gathers state lawmakers, aiming to strengthen autism support in Tennessee (WATE)
- Part of G10 parking garage closed as Neyland Entertainment District construction begins (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Joe Smith appointed by mayors to head local planning board - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Planning board denies rezoning for more apartments on Mountain Creek Road - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- ‘No gondola’ campaign floods the zone with questions for Rock City - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Community Voice: A letter from Mark Herndon’s communications director - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Asian stocks mixed as Korea gains, China slips; RBA decision in focus - Investing.com (Business)
- Californians Criticize Federal Efforts to Control the State’s Coast - The New York Times (US News)
- Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots - BBC (US News)
- Trump Media reports $238m loss as crypto falls - BBC (Business)
- Trump claims total control of Hormuz, demands Iran pay reparations as standoff deepens - CNBC (US News)
- Mamdani’s luxury-home tax rollout derailed for now as judge delivers win to NYC homeowners over massive list - Fox News (US News)
- Captain of boat that capsized near Statue of Liberty charged in deaths of mother and baby - NBC News (US News)
- Intel plans $15 billion share sale as turnaround rally lifts stock - Reuters (Business)
- Tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction, appeals court rules - The Hill (US News)
- Wisconsin’s Roller Coaster of a Democratic Primary Race for Governor Crashes to an End - The New York Times (US News)
- BRKB Stock: Investors Are Starting To Look Past Warren Buffett - Investor's Business Daily (Business)
- After his Reflecting Pool vandalism case is dismissed, David Hearn looks for closure - NPR (US News)
- Shake Shack says tech glitch explains viral no-tip video - NewsNation (Business)
- Here’s Why Nvidia Stock Is Down Today - Forbes (Business)
- Someone in Sugar Land just collected a sweet Powerball payday - KHOU (Business)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
Search and Archives
TN Progressive
Nearby:
- Blount Dems
- Herston TN Family Law
- Inside of Knoxville
- Instapundit
- Jack Lail
- Jim Stovall
- Knox Dems
- MoxCarm Blue Streak
- Outdoor Knoxville
- Pittman Properties
- Reality Me
- Stop Alcoa Parkway
Beyond:
- Nashville Scene
- Nashville Post
- Smart City Memphis
- TN Dems
- TN Journal
- TN Lookout
- Bob Stepno
- Facing South
If you've not encountered a Gannett newspaper's web presence
consider yourself
luckywarned.It's the most utilitarian, boring, unreadable template this side of a Myspace homepage.
Just spend about 10 minutes navigating the Tennessean's webpage. Ugh.
Nicely played by JMG and E.W.
Nicely played by JMG and E.W. Scripps.
Wow! I'm sort of
Wow! I'm sort of shocked.
Can't really see Gannet's web presence being any worse than the KNS.
Just wait until the daily
(in reply to bizgrrl)
Just wait until the daily survey questions start popping up.
Also, Gannett now controls
Also, Gannett now controls the newspapers in Tennessee's three largest markets, along with TV stations in Knoxville and Nashville (don't know about Memphis). Who regulates this stuff? The FCC?
Thank goodness for the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Maryville Daily Times.
Nope
(in reply to R. Neal)
Tv stations are totally different company now. Just like Scripps/Journal. Must keep the profits separate from the weights dragging you down.
I don't think the FCC takes an interest
(in reply to R. Neal)
in broadcast media market share monopolies. Clear Channel should be instructive on that front.
I hope they don't include
I hope they don't include more USA Today junk in the paper. Not worth reading. Really miss the WSJ section in Sunday's paper
Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis Star, which has been in the Gannett stable for more than a decade, incorporates a 6-8 page "USA-Today-Lite" national and international news section in each daily edition.
Outsourcing
(in reply to ATSF616)
Outsourcing
And the Haslam clan quietly
And the Haslam clan quietly smile. Don't think Jimmy Jr. will get any bad media now.
Probably the best thing to happen to the KNS in 40 years
Tennessean has no problem taking a long hard look at what Billy Haslam is doing/or is not doing in Nashville, don't think they'll have any trouble calling them like they see them in Knoxville, particularly if they toss most of the wanna be crowd out of the News Sentinel sooner rather than later.
The Tennessean, the Memphis Tennessean, and the Knoxville Tennessean, could be a virtual newsroom and reporters that report on all things in and around the three largest cities in Tennessee.
Television properties have already been seperated and maybe they'll compete with each other from time to time rather that looking to see what the other is doing before they decide if they'll piss anybody off or not get invited to the next big party if they actually do their job.
.
(in reply to Elwood Aspermonte)
That's funny. The Nashville based Tennessean (a/k/a the weekly Kroger ad delivery wrapper) scarcely does a good job of reporting what's going on around Middle Tennessee.
Just as an example: They fired the beat reporter for the NHL franchise just as the hockey season was starting. What sort of daily has a professional sports franchise literally 6 blocks away and doesn't have a headcount to cover that franchise?
That's to say nothing of what's happened to investigative reporting (Walter Roche, quit), courts reporting (Bobby Allyn, fired), prep sports reporting (Mo Patton / Chip Cirillo, fired), music industry reporting (Peter Cooper, quit), Metro government coverage (Michael Cass, quit), Titans reporting (Jim Wyatt, quit), state government coverage (Chas Sisk, took the package), copy editing (Jon Houghton, fired), editor (Scott Stroud, quit), photojournalism (Steve Harman, fired).
But they do maintain a guy on staff whose sole job is to reformat press releases from real estate developers as "news" articles. A crossing guard has a more challenging job.
Hey!
(in reply to Andy Axel)
Don't be cracking on crossing guards.