More from Lean Dean

Because that's their only power: Scaring people into thinking they "need" the training seminars at Poynter.

The organization takes no hard stands on any issues, other than the incredibly obvious.

Their alleged "heavy hitters" are reduced to providing quotes on occasion. There's no presence at a time when a guiding presence with some grounded thought would be needed.

 

Says Mrs. Editude, who is a half-full person: "30 percent? That's depressing." It's also Del Taco manager level without the 20 percent discount on chili cheese fries. Merc has some good people and puts out a good section; this is not good.

 

Eight layoffs in Northern California, including a preps writer.

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/blogs/?p=342

 

The hits keep on coming

 

And to think, I was once a finalist for a job at the CC Times...

This sucks. Big time.

Perhaps the folks rending their garments for St. Dean Baquet will shed a few threads for these folks, who deserve it a hell of a lot more.

 

http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_4643303

When the number of cuts aren't being announced, just that they're "broad but not deep" that's not good.

 

How about this bullshit?

Jobs were eliminated in the Contra Costa Newspapers advertising production department. The staff was told its work would be outsourced to Express-KCS, a U.S. company with operations in India. Production artist, typist and proofreader operations will be eliminated between Dec. 8 and March 30.

 

Sounds like buyouts are on the way in St. Paul, too.

http://www.startribune.com/535/story/808625.html

 

Ad design at Columbus Dispatch also headed to India:

http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/11/20061111-B1-02.html

The Dispatch Printing Company has contracted with an Elgin, Ill., graphic-design company to create ads for The Dispatch’s advertising clients, allowing for greater efficiency and more rapid turnaround.

...

Most of the graphic-design work done for those companies is handled by some of Affinity’s 550 employees who work in Pune, India. Advertisements created for The Dispatch will be created there as well.

 

I am always concerned that I have been fooling people for 20 years in this business, somehow working my way significantly up the chain.... and that at some point I will be exposed.

That is the way I feel about Poynter, too.... that they are bad actors.

 

Well, at least Lean Dean is making money with all his cuts.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_4668144

Profits at the company go up to $13.3 million this quarter compared with $982,000 in the same quarter last year.

 

As soon as Deano makes the staff at the Merc re-interview for their own jobs at 25% less wages, we'll see that profit rise even more.
A modern day Robber Baron. A profiteer masquerading as flag bearer of journalism.