i'm done in enc...

Awful news. Best of luck.

 

So sorry to hear it. Best of luck in landing on your feet somehow, somewhere.

 

thanks for the well wishes everyone...

the way it was handled was, eh, is there really a good way to do it?

TC is still alive in well in G'vegas.

and yep, i am the guy who knows the guy in japan. one of my best buds in the industry...i may have time to go visit him now 8)

... and good luck to all who are still employed.

r

 

Randy,

Hang in there. It didn't look good when Cox put Greenville, Rocky Mount and Elizabeth City up for sale, and even worse when Jordan Whichard suddenly resigned.

Hope the people in Greenville handled this as well as possible ... from what I know of them, I would expect nothing less.

Take care ...

 

Randy's one of the good ones. Back when we were both cubs, he'd rub the bunions on my feet along Church Street when they ached and would fetch my shawl when I felt the Chill.

He did all this despite being a hoity-toity U.Va. grad. For all of that and more, I echo Hustle's sentiments. Anything I can do (and don't know what it could be) don't hesitate to ask.

 

It always hurts when it's someone in your home state ... hang in their Randy - there's still a bright future ahead of you, most likely brighter than before...

 

Hang in there Randy.

I wish I could say I was surprised, though. Greenville has been carrying five, at a time when Elizabeth City has two and Rocky Mount has two. A year ago, Rocky Mount was four and turning in the sections that turned into an honorable mention APSE.
I just figured, sooner or later, this idea of stripping every 22k in salary in order to make yourself more attractive to potential buyers (that don't exist) would affect Greenville.

 

Washington's had some openings lately. Anything there?

 

Not that the public is aware of ... I'd hesitate to even think about it if there were, and my grandparents have a nice river cottage in Beaufort County.

 

I dunno, App. Could Paxton or Heartland be looking for another paper to buy and slash?

 

On to bigger and better places, mate.

 

Cox has been very fervent about selling all three papers together. Greenville prints all three papers, then trucks them to Rocky Mount and Elizabeth City.
You're buying three papers and either having to build presses at two of them (and there's no room for one in either paper's current physical location), or looking at the ginormous gas bill to run all those papers up to both towns.
I could see Paxton or Heartland buying one, but all three? There is probably not enough capital, and no bank is going to take on a loan that size in this market.