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If that's really the way you would talk while editing a piece, you would not have a job for very long, nor would you have any remaining teeth. Nor would you be deserving of a job or teeth. Dropping an unnecessary F-bomb tends to discredit any intelligent information you might have to offer. In...

It really isn't all that repetitive, that's an incorrect characterization on your part, but I'm sorry it doesn't live up to your standards. Will try to do better with the next installment. Of course, there's no real reason to drop an F-bomb on it. Are you unable to express yourself with...

Part three in the series, "Newspapers Aren't Dying, They're Committing Suicide." Enjoy. http://www.iowascribe.com/1/post/2013/06/newspapers-arent-dying-theyre-committing-suicide-part-3.html

Question for any legal eagles ... If an employee is on salary, a week's worth of his or her pay is simply deducted evenly from every paycheck through the quarter, and he or she is asked to take five days off at some time during the quarter. So let's say an employee is "let go" at some point in...

Don't know about any trademark, but I read the series of articles that coined the phrase "McPaper" about 10 years ago, and most of those articles were about my ex-employers from 'Bama! Of course, my folks may have stolen the copyright from the Gannett folks -- copyright laws mean nothing to...

We take furloughs while retired public employees sing "Sweet Home Alabama."

Nope. These guys weren't at Gannett, although I've heard some stories about Gannett, too.

Honest to God it happened, and a Managing Editor and Associate Editor are my witnesses. NOTHING in that article is made up!

Part 2 of "Newspapers Aren't Dying, They're Committing Suicide" The 15 most stupid things I've ever heard a McPaper McPublisher say: http://www.iowascribe.com/1/post/2013/06/newspapers-arent-dying-theyre-committing-suicide-part-2.html

Does this sound familiar to those who have worked for CNHI? http://www.iowascribe.com/1/post/2013/06/newspapers-arent-dying-theyre-committing-suicide-part-1.html

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