Sad and confusing day in Norfolk

Gotta love the headline and the second and third grafs in the face of totally turning upside down the lives of so many employees:

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/pilot-lay-40-executives-say-outlook-brighter

 

Nevertheless, The Pilot's financial outlook is brightening, said Maurice "some people call me Maurrrrr-ice!!!!" Jones, the president and publisher.

"But I speak, as the pompous ass of love (for newspapers)."

Combined, the newspaper and its associated companies turned a profit in the first quarter of the year .... which declined to disclose figures.

(Natch.)

March was The Pilot's most robust month in at least a year, he said, with every unit recording a profit.

I bet there's some robust units thereabouts.

Thanks for the link Andy.

 

Confirms my suspicion. You're not LOSING money, you're MAKING money, just not fast enough to suit your greedy ass.

 

Breaking out the Steve Miller Band reference? Nice! Oh, and this guy truly sounds like a "Joker."

 

Shitty headline.

 

The same can be said about the publisher.

 

That's what I meant. Probably should have put that first part of my post in blue font.

 

Anybody in sports?

 

Haven't been able to see any names yet, but it would not break my heart to see someone shit-bomb the door to that joker's office after his quote in the story.

 

Yo, pub:

Brighten this pal.

 

And the Pilot is hiring:
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1042291

 

If I'm a reader of the Pilot, does it really make me feel "good" to know the paper's bottom line will be better but the product will be worse?
Whether you are selling widgets or jet engines, it has to be about the product. For too long now, newspaper companies (and others) have seen their product as being profits and not the actual thing that generates those profits. You can monkey with the books all you want, but whether a company is making .10 a share or .13 cents a share won't make me want to buy your paper.