More from Lean Dean

[Claws for Concern]

Where's the blue color text on that post, Bob?

 

[Birdscribe]

Where's the blue color text on that post, Bob?

What are you doing posting, CFC?

Shouldn't you be at Tony Gwynn Stadium, watching the Titans bludgeon Minnesota?

 

[chazp]

Layoffs in San Jose ... Santa Cruz going CNHI ... Ouch!

A fate worse than death!

 

[Meat Loaf]

If Dean Singleton caught fire, I wouldn't pish on him to put him out.

 

[slappy4428]

Here comes Lean Dean again ...

60 people, or one-quarter of the Mercury News newsroom, likely is going to get laid off this summer. This after 35 were cut before the end of last year.

Again, no surprise. This is the Lean Dean M.O. Cut, cut, cut and cut some more. Everywhere he goes, this is what he does. See Southern California and how those papers are doing. And once one company starts with layoffs, everyone else will jump in.

http://gradethenews.org/2007/Merccuts.htm

And that journalistic beacon, Carole Leigh Mitch Hutton tells the staff to "focus on journalism."

http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=12628

OK, About the Mitch remark.

It is at this point something that needs to be clarified. And as the original lil' fella would write after he read this in Dave Barry, I am not making this up.

It seems we can all drop the Carole Leigh-Mitch references. Mr. Dwarf is in the midst of a falling out with both Mitch and Ms. Mitch. It seems in the wake of the St. Louis blues, family Albom is upset with their former boss in Detroit because Ms. Hutton, in their view, did not do enough to deflect the fallout over the minor incident. Yes, the Lollipop Guild still sees no problem with what happened at the fFinal Four and feels Hutton didnt go far enough to defend him.
I will take my source to the grave; I will also say that in my adult life, my source is the person I respect the most.


OK, other than your mom.

 

[Chi City 81]

Layoffs in San Jose ... Santa Cruz going CNHI ... Ouch!

A fate worse than death!

This never would have happened if they'd managed to keep the Clampetts out of California 45 years ago.

 

[chazp]

This cannot be a shock to anyone, right?
This is what this man does. Dean Singleton has done it for more than three decades. He closed the Fort Worth Press and sold off the parts for profit in 1975.
What troubles me the most: Somehow, recently, he has become some sort of Newspaper Dignitary. He's not. Other than covering local sports and local government, his papers are lean-running cash cows with little investment in journalism and investigative reporting. It's a model. A money-making model for a profiteer. No more. No less.

It's all he's ever done!

 

[wickedwritah]

Singleton paved the way for the Jelinecks of the industry, and for that we should all be scared.

It seems like things have settled down in some of his more established properties, vis-a-vis cost-cutting. At least he's not gone the JRC route in some stops. Wait, I don't wanna give ideas.

 

[Tom Petty]

Layoffs in San Jose ... Santa Cruz going CNHI ... Ouch!

A fate worse than death!

This never would have happened if they'd managed to keep the Clampetts out of California 45 years ago.

cnhi owned santa cruz for about two weeks and then sold it.

 

[Tom Petty]

Here comes Lean Dean again ...

60 people, or one-quarter of the Mercury News newsroom, likely is going to get laid off this summer. This after 35 were cut before the end of last year.

Again, no surprise. This is the Lean Dean M.O. Cut, cut, cut and cut some more. Everywhere he goes, this is what he does. See Southern California and how those papers are doing. And once one company starts with layoffs, everyone else will jump in.

http://gradethenews.org/2007/Merccuts.htm

And that journalistic beacon, Carole Leigh Mitch Hutton tells the staff to "focus on journalism."

http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=12628

"From: Hutton, Carole Leigh
Sent: Thu 5/31/2007 3:58 PM
To: EDIT ALL
Subject: Rumors

Colleagues,

I'm seeing and hearing a lot of rumors about plans for cuts and consolidations here. There's no denying that this has been a tough year financially and we're in the midst of a difficult budget season for the fiscal year that begins in July. We're discussing a number of cost-cutting measures. As soon as I can give you some definitive plans, I will. Meanwhile, I hope we can focus some of that energy on doing the journalism we do so well. This is a tough business these days, but it remains the very best profession, and we should all remain proud of our contributions to it.

Thanks for yours.

Carole Leigh

Carole Leigh Hutton

Executive Editor and Vice President

San Jose Mercury News"


it's shirt such as this that makes me want to make an exit strategy today.

on a similar note, mrs. petty got bored the other day and picked up the may "editor and publisher," which spelled out what modern-day newsrooms are going through and the "doing more with less" philosophy entering most newsrooms throughout the country. her response after reading said material?: "wow."

i do think i'll cash it in this summer while i still meet the eye test of being a workhorse.

 

[Charlie Brown]

Does she really sign her name twice, once without the Hutton, and once with? For that alone she should be held up to ridicule.

 

[Tom Petty]

Does she really sign her name twice, once without the Hutton, and once with? For that alone she should be held up to ridicule.

yes, it adds to the tooledge.

nice pick.