Lee Enterprises has decided to lay off another 18 St. Louisans who it employed at the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch. This is the fifth round of layoffs in the past two years under the management of Lee Enterprises.
The logic imparted to labor by Lee was the layoffs were needed due to "declining revenues". As has been written here previously, Lee took on too much debt when it bought the Post from Pulitzer Publishing several years ago. Add to that newspapers are experiencing rapid loss of circulation due to new media, and the Post is not going to get better. And Lee's management record at the Post has been to make bad decisions. The bean counters have vetoed the people who know the newspaper business.
To read the union take on the latest round of layoffs you may click here.
August 23, 2009
August 02, 2009
Wannabe Critic at the Post-Dispatch
"The St. Louis Post-Dispatch" has a sports editor who wants to be a media critic. The paper already has a TV critic and a radio critic, but an editor named Dan Caesar has appointed himself the "sports media" critic. And it's fairly apparent the guy has never worked in the broadcast business. He is often off line in his criticism and has shown on occasion to not know what he is writing about.
But, his latest stunt is a real laugher. Caesar has started a campaign in his column to put former St. Louis football Cardinals head coach Jim Hannifan back in the play-by-play booth. Hannifan was informed earlier this year he would not be back to do color commentary on the broadcasts. He has been informative in the past, but he is a walking time bomb with his off color language and is an FCC fine waiting to happen. Thus the management at FM 101 which hires the broadcast crew has told Hannifan his services are no longer needed.
Caeser started his print campaign several months ago and he continues to "beat a dead horse". On Friday (the 31st) Caesar actually wrote Hannifan is still not back in the booth. He might as well have written the Sun will rise tomorrow morning.
Caesar please save the newspaper for news and legitimate criticism and not a campaign to restore the job of your drinking buddy.
But, his latest stunt is a real laugher. Caesar has started a campaign in his column to put former St. Louis football Cardinals head coach Jim Hannifan back in the play-by-play booth. Hannifan was informed earlier this year he would not be back to do color commentary on the broadcasts. He has been informative in the past, but he is a walking time bomb with his off color language and is an FCC fine waiting to happen. Thus the management at FM 101 which hires the broadcast crew has told Hannifan his services are no longer needed.
Caeser started his print campaign several months ago and he continues to "beat a dead horse". On Friday (the 31st) Caesar actually wrote Hannifan is still not back in the booth. He might as well have written the Sun will rise tomorrow morning.
Caesar please save the newspaper for news and legitimate criticism and not a campaign to restore the job of your drinking buddy.
How Can it Be August?
It's been a couple of weeks since last posting and I have been busy with a project I am working on rolling out some servers and workstations.
The year is flying past too fast. Granted, fall is just around the corner as is football and cooler days. And Autumn has been my favorite season. But, the older I get the more I love Summer. As I write this I am sitting out the patio barbecuing Pork Steaks, Corn on the Cob and Baked Potatoes. And it is a tremendous afternoon. 83 degrees and low humidity. These are the days that I look forward to in the dead of winter. And these are the days when I can go out and work in the yard or take a walk, or play golf or...well you get the idea.
So, here's to Summer '09 and may the rest of these summer days not rush past too quickly!
The year is flying past too fast. Granted, fall is just around the corner as is football and cooler days. And Autumn has been my favorite season. But, the older I get the more I love Summer. As I write this I am sitting out the patio barbecuing Pork Steaks, Corn on the Cob and Baked Potatoes. And it is a tremendous afternoon. 83 degrees and low humidity. These are the days that I look forward to in the dead of winter. And these are the days when I can go out and work in the yard or take a walk, or play golf or...well you get the idea.
So, here's to Summer '09 and may the rest of these summer days not rush past too quickly!
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