Fate of Rocky Mountain News to be announced

luckyducky · Feb 26, 2009

ArnoldBabar said:

I don't know if it's any condolence, but at the very least the RMN isn't publishing during the WARN notice period, which means the employees get paid during that 60-day period without having to work for an employer that has already fired them. The P-I is currently publishing during the 60-day WARN period -- and it's agony for those employees.

On the other hand, I don't know if it's more or less agony than getting a few hours' notice of your final edition. All I know is this all sucks hard.
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I'm not sure how I completely missed that the P-I folks are in the WARN right now. So I guess Scripps had at least a little decency ... pay them while they job hunt.

Still sucks, in both instances.

Fenian_Bastard · Feb 26, 2009

rpmmutant said:

Seattle, Tampa, Detroit... What about San Francisco? The dominoes will start to fall quickly.
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Boston?

ArnoldBabar · Feb 26, 2009

ducky said:

ArnoldBabar said:

I don't know if it's any condolence, but at the very least the RMN isn't publishing during the WARN notice period, which means the employees get paid during that 60-day period without having to work for an employer that has already fired them. The P-I is currently publishing during the 60-day WARN period -- and it's agony for those employees.

On the other hand, I don't know if it's more or less agony than getting a few hours' notice of your final edition. All I know is this all sucks hard.
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I'm not sure how I completely missed that the P-I folks are in the WARN right now. So I guess Scripps had at least a little decency ... pay them while they job hunt.

Still sucks, in both instances.
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P-I people can't even take a job during the period if they find one -- they lose their severance if they leave early.

Drip · Feb 26, 2009

ArnoldBabar said:

ducky said:

ArnoldBabar said:

I don't know if it's any condolence, but at the very least the RMN isn't publishing during the WARN notice period, which means the employees get paid during that 60-day period without having to work for an employer that has already fired them. The P-I is currently publishing during the 60-day WARN period -- and it's agony for those employees.

On the other hand, I don't know if it's more or less agony than getting a few hours' notice of your final edition. All I know is this all sucks hard.
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I'm not sure how I completely missed that the P-I folks are in the WARN right now. So I guess Scripps had at least a little decency ... pay them while they job hunt.

Still sucks, in both instances.
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P-I people can't even take a job during the period if they find one -- they lose their severance if they leave early.
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wow

MileHigh · Feb 26, 2009

Folks:

I cannot express how much appreciation I have for all the kind words that have been put up on this thread. And the numerous PMs that I've received -- and that I'm in the process of going through and answering each one. It really does mean a lot.

Yup, a tough day. Obviously. And I'm happy for Dave Krieger and the nine others who have landed on the sixth floor. They're all very talented journalists and will make the Post better.

I will say on Scripps' behalf: They are losing tons of money. And they easily could just discard us all after the WARN act and not pay us. But they will give us severance packages when they don't have to.

Doesn't make it any easier that for the first time in 21 years, I won't have a newspaper job.

Again, everyone, the thoughts have meant a lot. Each and every one of them have meant a lot.

Billy Pritchard · Feb 26, 2009

That was a classy post.

Fenian_Bastard · Feb 26, 2009

Reading through the comments, may I just say that, on occasion, readers truly suck. I hope every one of the "good riddance" -- every goddamn one of them -- posters, and their children, and their grandparents, and their fucking dogs gets e-coli from drinking bad water because there wasn't anyone around to tell them about it.

Some Guy · Feb 26, 2009

Fenian_Bastard said:

Reading through the comments, may I just say that, on occasion, readers truly suck. I hope every one of the "good riddance" -- every goddamn one of them -- posters, and their children, and their grandparents, and their fucking dogs gets e-coli from drinking bad water because there wasn't anyone around to tell them about it.
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That is awesome.

dooley_womack1 · Feb 26, 2009

Fenian_Bastard said:

Reading through the comments, may I just say that, on occasion, readers truly suck. I hope every one of the "good riddance" -- every goddamn one of them -- posters, and their children, and their grandparents, and their fucking dogs gets e-coli from drinking bad water because there wasn't anyone around to tell them about it.
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Along the lines of what I've said, but much better.

Birdscribe · Feb 26, 2009

Billy Pritchard said:

That was a classy post.
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As you would expect, being that Chuck is a class act.

Meanwhile, I'm with FB. The assclown crayon-wielding "readers" and their good-riddance, schadenfreude bullshit deserve negative karma dumped upon them, dumped upon them in waves.

WTF is wrong with you people? Grow the hell up.

Some Guy · Feb 26, 2009

Birdscribe said:

Billy Pritchard said:

That was a classy post.
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As you would expect, being that Chuck is a class act.

Meanwhile, I'm with FB. The assclown crayon-wielding "readers" and their good-riddance, schadenfreude bullshit deserve negative karma dumped upon them, dumped upon them in waves.

WTF is wrong with you people? Grow the hell up.
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I don't understand this phenomenon at all. I can't think of very many business that, if they closed, I would be dancing up and down and gloating.

When Circuit City went under, I couldn't imagine getting on a web site and screaming, "nanny nanny boo boo." I was mostly indifferent.

What did the RMN do to these people to make them so pissed off?

RickStain · Feb 26, 2009

Birdscribe said:

Billy Pritchard said:

That was a classy post.
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As you would expect, being that Chuck is a class act.

Meanwhile, I'm with FB. The assclown crayon-wielding "readers" and their good-riddance, schadenfreude bullshit deserve negative karma dumped upon them, dumped upon them in waves.

WTF is wrong with you people? Grow the hell up.
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These are the same people who believe they are being persecuted for their religious beliefs, the same people who believe that vaccines are a government plot to cause autism.

I wish I could say confidently that ignorance will hurt them in the end.

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