tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post4798792113111768608..comments2024-03-29T08:35:26.225-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Barron's: Investors should be wary of Gatehouse seductionRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-85456313564177713312006-12-13T15:47:00.000-08:002006-12-13T15:47:00.000-08:00Well said, Anonymous. You have hit the nail on th...Well said, Anonymous. You have hit the nail on the head. An army of stringers who can count on being paid on a regular basis. Hacker and company need to think outside the box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-39066680465382670042006-12-12T20:59:00.000-08:002006-12-12T20:59:00.000-08:00Here is the Daily's problem:
It is forgetting its ...Here is the Daily's problem:<br />It is forgetting its mission. It needs to conduct guerrilla warfare. Lots of stringers (it would help if you pay them, BTW) armed with cameras and recorders and notebooks prowling Joplin for the news. <br />Community journalism with the hard stuff in there, too. The stringers would free up Hacker and his chicks to cover the meat and potatoes stuff. <br />They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-9491485495653520402006-12-11T18:57:00.000-08:002006-12-11T18:57:00.000-08:00Levi's parents took his car away from him and ther...Levi's parents took his car away from him and therefore he was unable to drive to sporting events. Without wheels, he was of little value to the paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-55660142634419197012006-12-11T13:02:00.000-08:002006-12-11T13:02:00.000-08:00Whatever happened to the Daily's old sports editor...Whatever happened to the Daily's old sports editor, Levi Payton?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-83348684440934467812006-12-11T07:20:00.000-08:002006-12-11T07:20:00.000-08:00GateHouse is great at seduction. They suckered us...GateHouse is great at seduction. They suckered us into thinking that Joplin Daily was going to be a real meaty newspaper and provide some serious competition for the Globe. They've had their moments, but by and large it's been a flash in the pan. The problem is, Joplin Daily is severely understaffed and the publisher knows next to nothing about the newspaper business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com