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[Boston] Globe newsroom takes hit in N.Y. Times downsizing
BostonHerald.com ^ | September 21, 2005 | Jay Fitzgerald

Posted on 09/21/2005 4:42:29 AM PDT by cloud8

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"The main culprit for yesterday's action, announced after the markets closed: Falling revenue companywide, excluding online operations at the Times."

And why is that? Decreasing circulation, which results in less ad revenue. For the Times, at least, failing credibility also; Globe subscibers believe anything they read.

1 posted on 09/21/2005 4:42:34 AM PDT by cloud8
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Only the liars get to keep their jobs.


2 posted on 09/21/2005 4:44:59 AM PDT by OldFriend (MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH ~ A NATIONAL TREASURE)
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This is good news for the greenies. Fewer and smaller printed newspapers, fewer trees murdered.

They should all be celebrating.


3 posted on 09/21/2005 4:45:07 AM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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Oh tooooooooo bad, I feel sooooo osad for these BIG Corporations going down the toilet.

No really this is tooo funny.


4 posted on 09/21/2005 4:50:27 AM PDT by stockpirate (If you are a John Kerry fan check out my about me page, you'll toss your lunch.)
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drip drip drip


5 posted on 09/21/2005 4:51:15 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
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Globe staffers were buzzing about the cuts coming after the Times' top executives, including Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr., took home a total of more than $9 million in total compensation last year.

And the problem with that is what exactly? After all, it is his money. Since when do the employees get to decide what the owner pays them or what the owner makes? They really need to get a clue or start their own business.

6 posted on 09/21/2005 4:51:39 AM PDT by kcvl
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Great news, if only we knew it to be tryue, for after all did it not start as a New York Times press release?

If it came from the nytimes, how in the wrld can you tell if it is true, I mean they are not exactly known for being honest, truthfull or unbiased.

Jake

7 posted on 09/21/2005 4:55:05 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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Of course, the internet is contributing to their problems. But the fact that most of the big city newspapers are extremely liberal is probably a factor as well. Judging from recent elections, I would say that the influence of liberals is decreasing in the country. People are tired of their baloney.


8 posted on 09/21/2005 4:56:23 AM PDT by Rocky (Air America: Robbing the poor to feed the Left)
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Isn't that just toooo bad (chucle, chorlte, laugh) And what's better yet is they'll never understand why, they're so out of touch with reality. LOL


9 posted on 09/21/2005 4:58:52 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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I think the Globe endorsed Judge Roberts.


10 posted on 09/21/2005 5:02:22 AM PDT by somerville
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$9 million is really a small sum for that job. 'Course, he's not worth it. He really has trashed the reputation of the NYT, and that is costing them money.


11 posted on 09/21/2005 5:02:44 AM PDT by Brilliant
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It does not take many people to just sit around and make up stories rather than do some actual investigations and truth telling.


12 posted on 09/21/2005 5:03:13 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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And the hits just keep on coming! I heard on O'Reilly that the LA Times fired Michael Kinsley...


13 posted on 09/21/2005 5:05:05 AM PDT by Pharmboy (There is no positive correlation between the ability to write, act, sing or dance and being right)
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Maybe. But they have done a lot more harm than good over the years.


14 posted on 09/21/2005 5:08:00 AM PDT by Rocky (Air America: Robbing the poor to feed the Left)
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> And the problem with that is what exactly? After all, it is his money.

It's a morale problem. Pinch styles himself as "one of the guys" in the newsroom.


15 posted on 09/21/2005 5:08:44 AM PDT by cloud8
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The paper drones on about the plight of the poor but the boss can afford to take a $9 million bonus? How many poor people would that feed and house? Hypocrites!!


16 posted on 09/21/2005 5:09:43 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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The New York Times Co. – parent of the Boston Globe – is slashing a staggering 500 jobs companywide, including 160 from its New England Media Group alone, 35 of them in the Globe's newsroom.

Staggering? 500 jobs was only 4% of the work force. But, I am glad that the NYT is feeling some heat for all their liberalism.

17 posted on 09/21/2005 5:10:53 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus Reagan
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You say, "And the problem with that is what exactly? After all, it is his money. Since when do the employees get to decide what the owner pays them or what the owner makes? They really need to get a clue or start their own business."

What you're forgetting is that this is the paper that rails against capitalism and pretends to represent the poor, the union workers and the downtrodden. The hypocrisy of the whole affair is actually incredible!


18 posted on 09/21/2005 5:11:09 AM PDT by onevoter
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An interesting trend that will continue to plague these corrupt companies.


As I see it, their only hope is that the United Nations takes over the internet (UN Working Group on Internet Governance) and makes a resolution outlawing blogging.


Of course, if past actions are any indication, it will take them forever to get anyone to enforce it. ;)



19 posted on 09/21/2005 5:13:31 AM PDT by G.Mason
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> But the fact that most of the big city newspapers are extremely liberal is probably a factor as well.

And they failed to draw the line between editorial policy and reporting, which never was completely accurate and unbiased, but is now so blatently slanted that people, as you say, are tired of their baloney.


20 posted on 09/21/2005 5:23:23 AM PDT by cloud8
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