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    More cuts at the Plain Dealer

    And the guy leading the charge used to be one of their prep reporters. Good writer, too. I couldn't look at myself in the morning or any other...
    Post by: cubman, Apr 8, 2020 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett announces furloughs

    Yes to all of the above. I actually feel more on top of things than I have in quite a while. At my weekly, we've basically entered summer mode,...
    Post by: cubman, Apr 2, 2020 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett, Gatehouse talking merger

    I'm shocked SaxoTech is still alive. I used that when I was the web editor in Newark (Ohio) in 2007. I think it was still around in my second...
    Post by: cubman, Jan 28, 2020 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Tribune buyouts announced today

    Our printing press here in Columbus will close as of March 6, affecting 188 people. How many of them get new jobs within the company is anyone's...
    Post by: cubman, Jan 13, 2020 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Sports Editor - Decatur, Ind.

    Never worked there but am familiar with the region. Nice little town, not far up the road from another opening being advertised at the moment in...
    Post by: cubman, Jan 13, 2020 in forum: Journalism Jobs
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    Columbus Dispatch sold

    Hearing from multiple people I know and trust that Columbus' sports deadline will be 6 p.m. Wondering if Cincinnati will be the same. People in...
    Post by: cubman, Jan 6, 2020 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett, Gatehouse talking merger

    Hearing from some friends in the business that as part of the Gatehouse-Gannett merger, some of the Ohio papers currently owned by Gannett might...
    Post by: cubman, Aug 16, 2019 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett, Gatehouse talking merger

    :D At one time, the Dispatch did have two Jackets writers in Aaron Portzline and Tom Reed, but both of them went to the Athletic not far apart a...
    Post by: cubman, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett, Gatehouse talking merger

    So is this not going to happen after all then? Seems like the companies are still optimistic but guess we have a ways to go.
    Post by: cubman, Aug 12, 2019 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett, Gatehouse talking merger

    New York Post also with a shorter story on this ... https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/gatehouse-media-poised-to-buy-gannett/
    Post by: cubman, Jul 18, 2019 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett, Gatehouse talking merger

    Take this for what it's worth, but one online news source in Zanesville, Ohio is reporting that Gatehouse is closing in on a deal to buy at least...
    Post by: cubman, Jul 15, 2019 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett, Gatehouse talking merger

    We lost a news editor today at my weekly chain in Columbus. Only layoff as far as I am aware.
    Post by: cubman, May 31, 2019 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Gannett, Gatehouse talking merger

    Not sure how I feel about this, having worked for Gannett for most of the first 12 years of my newspaper career and GateHouse since they bought...
    Post by: cubman, May 31, 2019 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Pissing match: Post-Dispatch vs. The Athletic

    I don't see much wrong with this, but I personally wouldn't have named any other site in the tweet. I work in central Ohio and there's a...
    Post by: cubman, Apr 1, 2019 in forum: Journalism topics only
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    Sports Editor - Bowling Green, Ohio

    I made more than that at a Gannett daily in central Ohio ... 12 years ago. That's awful. Can't see them landing a real good candidate, but I bet...
    Post by: cubman, Feb 1, 2019 in forum: Journalism Jobs