USA Today and The Tennessean to hire "video-forward reporter" to cover Taylor Swift

[Mr. X]

https://x.com/USATODAY_PR/status/1701665599988912208?s=20

 

[Mr. X]

And there was this response.
https://x.com/BradVidmar/status/1701798346434703682?s=20

 

[Mr. X]

Has X changed that the whole tweet doesn't appear when you post it?

 

[Mr. X]

My recollection is that The Washington Post hired a reporter just to cover Michael Jordan. How is this different or similar other than the health of the newspaper industry or may that makes it totally different.

 

[MileHigh]

Could easily not be found.

Taylor Swift reporter - The Tennessean

 

[PaperDoll]

Also, a similar position to stalk Beyonce and the Beyhive. Both are fully remote, though I guess they'll come out of The Tennessean's budget.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

If Kanye applies Gannett should be warned that he’s bound to miss deadline because he has to finish his story about Beyoncé first.

 

[Della9250]

Has X changed that the whole tweet doesn't appear when you post it?

I think it only does it from mobile devices. On laptop the post will show up

 

[HanSenSE]

Both jobs look to be ISO click bait. Which is sooooooo Gannett.

 

[MeanGreenATO]

Sports reporters should be the last ones complaining about this. In the NFL today, one of the big stories was a QB got a haircut. I would argue Swift and Beyonce are worthy of beat reporters more than other teams that don’t drive traffic.

 

[SixToe]

Both jobs look to be ISO click bait. Which is sooooooo Gannett.

Someone at AL dot com probably is considering stalker hires for Freeze and Saban.

Ten Things Nick Saban Does on Sunday!

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Has X changed that the whole tweet doesn't appear when you post it?

No. Stop using the X app and start using your web browser.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

In the NFL today, one of the big stories was a QB got a haircut.

Wait … he GOT a ****ING HAIRCUT?<crossthreadwithBubbler>

 

[Rhody31]

And there was this response.
https://x.com/BradVidmar/status/1701798346434703682?s=20

If that guy’s newsroom produced work that people actually cared about then they’d still have jobs.
Nobody likes to hear it, but if your work isn’t bringing in eyeballs or subscribers, you’re the problem in the equation, not the company.

 

[JBHawkEye]

If that guy’s newsroom produced work that people actually cared about then they’d still have jobs.
Nobody likes to hear it, but if your work isn’t bringing in eyeballs or subscribers, you’re the problem in the equation, not the company.

I didn't work with Brad, but I was in that newsroom when GateHouse bought us in 2016. Within 6 months they cut my staff in half. Within two years the newsroom was cut to almost nothing. Circulation had dropped from 16,000 to 9,000 when I was "eliminated" in 2019. Our circulation department had been gutted, which meant delivery problems were overwhelming. The ad department had been gutted.
Sorry, asshole, we weren't the problem in the equation.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

If Kanye applies Gannett should be warned that he’s bound to miss deadline because he has to finish his story about Beyoncé first.

You take your like and you get out of here.

 

[DanOregon]

Can't wait to hear the song she writes about Travis Kelce. To me, that's the only point of dating her - to get a song written about you.

 

[User 149557]

Even the biggest pop stars in the world go through relative down cycles in popularity between albums and tours. We’re only two albums removed from Swift being less popular than she is today. Assuming she is going to remain at Eras Tour level popularity is extremely shortsighted.

 

[Readallover]

This is no worse than Gannett's Asbury Park Press pumping out endless drivel about local guy Bruce Springsteen and his every burp, fart and bowel movement.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Even the biggest pop stars in the world go through relative down cycles in popularity between albums and tours. We’re only two albums removed from Swift being less popular than she is today. Assuming she is going to remain at Eras Tour level popularity is extremely shortsighted.

Gannett? Chasing trends and clicks? In this economy?!