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Tough time for Blade, employees (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)
The Toledo Blade ^
| August 22, 2006
| Staff
Posted on 08/22/2006 1:51:16 PM PDT by abb
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This says it all...
The simple truth is that The Blade is bleeding financially and cannot continue to operate indefinitely under such circumstances.
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posted on
08/22/2006 1:51:17 PM PDT
by
abb
To: abb
Raoul's First Law of Journalism
BIAS = LAYOFFS
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posted on
08/22/2006 1:51:42 PM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: PajamaTruthMafia; knews_hound; Grampa Dave; martin_fierro; Liz; norwaypinesavage; Mo1; onyx; ...
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posted on
08/22/2006 1:52:31 PM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
I can't believe the Toledo Block, er, um, Blade, is missing the chance to blame Bush and the Neocons for their predicament.
Just wondering how many times the Blade has supported other business' lockout decisions.
To: abb
Good riddance, Toledo (Gay) Blade.
Your list to port has led to your foundering. May you pass below the waves quickly.
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posted on
08/22/2006 1:58:21 PM PDT
by
TonyInOhio
(Who's the wildman now?)
To: abb
It's just further proof that the liberal media is dying and the golden goose aka unions, are dying.
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:08:30 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: abb
From a related article.
A day after a nine-member union at The Blade was locked out by the company, the newspaper's labor leaders yesterday asked advertisers and subscribers to boycott the paper.
Makes a lot of sense for the Union to seek to make the situation that necessitated the company to seek concessions worse doesnt it?
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:09:13 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(All are worthy of freedom, none are incapable.)
To: abb
The Blade is just being unreasonable. Why don't they just raise their advertising rates a little? It's just like a manufacturer raising his price a simple penny. Spreading the pain across the board make everybody's share imperceptible.
They could raise their newspaper rates a nickle a day. What's a nickle a day? You can't even buy a cup of coffee for a nickle a day - who would miss it?
Management can't continue to be so stingy that they would jeopardize the livelihoods of so many longtime employees. Middle-class folks live from paycheck to paycheck, where does the Blade expect their employees to makeup the lost income?
;-)
It's a real bite when editorial positions come back onto editors. Suddenly they sound downright Republican.
To: abb
My SeasonedCitizen In-Laws from Toledo aren't going to be happy if they can't read the "Peach Page".
Settle up so we can get back to normal.
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:10:21 PM PDT
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: abb
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:14:24 PM PDT
by
Crawdad
(So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this.")
To: abb
Just read another story on the The Blade - the lockout is of a
9 member union.
It appears that most of the other unions are cooperating and operating in a realistic fashion.
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:14:36 PM PDT
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: abb
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:24:35 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- "if" only 10% are radical, that's 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: abb
just when you think they hit bottom... the union breaks out the heavy equipment and starts digging overtime!!!
A day after a nine-member union at The Blade was locked out by the company, the newspaper's labor leaders yesterday asked advertisers and subscribers to boycott the paper.
Unions at Blade seek boycott of ads, subscriptions Quick Click
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:31:05 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: abb
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:36:14 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)
To: Bosco
aaahhhhh
you ruined my day... its still printing??
what the heck is a 9 member union???
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:38:22 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)
To: Bosco
My Seasoned Citizen In-Laws from Toledo aren't going to be happy if they can't read the "Peach Page".The ONLY reasons to read the Blah: the Peach Section and Sunday's store ads. Not worth paying for. BTW, the Toledo Free Press, although it only comes out once a week, is a much better read.
To: GeronL
They're still alive - for now. Be patient. Enjoy watcing them suffer and wail and moan...
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posted on
08/22/2006 2:40:34 PM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: Bosco
Passed through Toledo (from Detroit) on a road trip this spring. One of the major freeways was under construction (completely closed), the Westgate area (which used to be for high-end shoppers) looked like it had seen much better days than the present (nice way of saying boarded up buildings and tacky payday loan stores abound). Thank God for Tony Packos for lunch (possibly the only ambiance the city has left). What is to be expected from a city that calls it's baseball team the "Mudhens?"
To: Bosco
"My SeasonedCitizen In-Laws from Toledo aren't going to be happy if they can't read the "Peach Page"."
The "Peach Page" sucks since they went PC and eliminated the daily pin-up.
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posted on
08/22/2006 4:07:01 PM PDT
by
BW2221
To: MamaDearest
Don't knock the 'Hens. They have a great new ball park.
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posted on
08/22/2006 4:08:30 PM PDT
by
BW2221
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