Not that I had much respect left for them; however, now I have none.
"She did not promise a pain-free future. She declined to comment specifically on the Globe’s profitability, saying, “Our financial situation is better,’’ but, “We are not out of the woods.’’
Responding to questions from employees, both Robinson and Globe publisher P. Steven Ainsley said it was unlikely that the company would reverse wage and benefit cuts any time soon, and said that further job cuts could not be ruled out.
“The reality is that we still have more work to do on controlling our expense base,’’ Ainsley said. He reminded employees of a recent internal update on the paper’s financial performance when “Regrettably, there was still red,’’ he said, indicating losses. Layoffs in the months ahead are “not only something that we have to seriously consider,’’ he said, but “may well happen.’’"
That must be when they took the photograph.
New York Times Co. chief executive Janet Robinson spoke to employees yesterday, with Globe publisher P. Steven Ainsley. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)
How much of a BONUS do you think HE GOT this year?
"Times Co. chief optimistic, cautious on Globe; Robinson sees ‘strong future’ for newspaper" by Beth Healy and Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | October 16, 2009
Standing before several hundred Boston Globe employees yesterday, New York Times Co. chief executive Janet Robinson got something she may not have expected a day after deciding not to sell the Globe and six months after threatening to shut the paper down: Applause.
It just goes to show you REPORTERS are JUST AS DELUSIONAL as their lying bosses!!!!
It wasn’t unanimous, but it was a reflection of the relief felt by many among the rank and file after a tumultuous period.
BUT.....!
Acknowledging that the process of seeking offers for the Globe had been “unnerving for all,’’ Robinson said the paper and its website, Boston.com, would remain a part of the Times Co., thanks to deep cost cuts and new revenue that had improved the finances of New England’s largest newspaper. She warned of more difficult times ahead, including potential layoffs, but declared, “There are many reasons to believe that The Boston Globe has a very strong future ahead of it.’’
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Her optimism was a major reversal from early this year, when the Times Co. said the Globe was on track to lose $85 million in 2009. In April, the parent company said it would shutter the Globe if the paper’s unions didn’t agree to give up $20 million in wages and benefits.
Translation: YOU GUYS got BENT OVER!
And then the Times "reported second-quarter net income of $39.1 million"
SUCKERS!!!!!!
And even as it won those concessions, the Times Co. hired Wall Street’s Goldman Sachs & Co. to solicit bids on the Globe and another paper it owns, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette....
***************“I hope you all realize how the community embraced all of you during this period of time. It said something about the power of the Globe,’’ Robinson told employees during a 40-minute appearance. And it appears to have convinced the Times Co. that the Globe and its Boston.com. website, one of the largest news sites in the nation, has plenty of potential - with advertisers and a broadening circle of readers.
Yeah, keep telling yourself that because YOU JUST LOST ONE!
Robinson praised the employees of the Globe and Boston.com for “diligently and courageously transforming their business and their journalistic operations.’’ But....
Robinson, who flew into Boston yesterday morning, spent half the day at the Globe, meeting with employees and senior executives, and eating lunch with Ainsley in the Globe cafeteria.
Oh, GROSS!!!!
See: Do Not Eat at the Boston Globe
Eat up, ma'am!
The market reacted positively early in the day to the Times Co.’s news that it would not sell the Globe, and the stock rose, but ended the day unchanged, at $8.67. Media analyst John Morton said he felt it was a positive outcome for the Times Co. to keep the Globe. “The decision to [sell] was probably an unhappy one, and when they didn’t get anything near what they thought it was going to be worth, that fed their decision,’’ he said.
Yeah, WHO WANTS to PAY MILLIONS for SHIT?
Papers like the Globe, he added, are likely to see some improved performance as the economy recovers, but not as much as in the past, because the Internet has become such a huge competitor for ads and readers.
And PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE (like me) because THEY DO NOT LIE like the NEWSPAPERS!
Robinson, in her Globe interview, acknowledged that cost cuts are not a constructive long-term plan. She said the Times Co. and the Globe are working hard to generate new revenues in advertising, in circulation, online, and in creative new ways.
And the MINUTE they charge for WEB CONTENT, I CEASE BUYING the shit rag and this blog is done!
And there is deep consideration of how to keep readers coming to websites, while also finding ways to earn money for content that news organizations produce that gets disseminated for free on Google and aggregators like the Huffington Post....
Robinson said the Times Co. is still aiming to sell its 17.5 percent stake in the Red Sox by the end of the year.
Oh, NO WONDER the SELF-SERVING PAPER is SHOVELING the SPORTS on the FRONT PAGE!!!
Yup, playing up that Yankees-Red Sox rivalry any chance they get!
Related: Boston's Agony
Pffft!
Case closed, readers.
Questions linger as to whether the Times Co. might still sell the Globe one day, and Robinson, in response to an employee question, said she could not predict the future. But she indicated an open-ended commitment. “I don’t want to underestimate the pride that the Times Co. has in owning the Globe for the number of years that we have owned it,’’ she said. “And I don’t want to underestimate, certainly, the pride that we will have going forward.’’
"From the moment the Times Co. purchased The Globe in 1993, it has treated New England's largest newspaper like a cheap whore"
And she gets APPLAUSE!!!!--more--"
Let's meet some of the stoo-pids, 'kay?
"Sighs of relief heard as the Globe saga subsides" by Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff | October 15, 2009
News that The New York Times Co. has called off a sale of The Boston Globe was greeted with relief by some in the region yesterday....
How embarrassing. Our region's biggest newspaper is a piece of shit.
In April, The New York Times Co. threatened to close the Globe unless employee unions agreed to $20 million in concessions.
And then they went out and MADE $39 MILLION in PROFIT!
After winning concessions, the Times Co. solicited bids to sell the paper and its website, Boston.com, and received three. News of a potential sale had raised concerns that a new owner would make more staff cuts, affecting the newspaper’s ability to cover issues in depth.
Pffft!
They DON'T COVER ANYTHING in-depth!!
See: The Future of the Boston Globe
It's all WIRE SERVICE LIES and AGENDA-PUSHING DECEPTION!
“Newspapers have been through hell and back in the last couple of years,’’ said Patrick Moscaritolo, chief executive at the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau. “A sale would probably only mean a more hellish journey for the paper.’’
Awww, the POOR, WAR-PROPAGATING LIARS down at the newspapers!
Awwww, I FEEL SO SORRY for those AGENDA-PUSHING ELITE INSULTERS, don't you? They been to HELL and BACK, huh?
They FIGHTING in a WAR?!!!
“These days, when you find out something isn’t being taken away, that counts as good news,’’ said David Filipov, a Globe reporter. “What’s not being taken away is our stability, as uncertain as that stability may be.’’
Sir, isn't UNCERTAIN the OPPOSITE of STABLE?
So you have UNCERTAIN STABILITY? Does that make sense?
Did you actually pass a writing course in college, or did you just know someone at the Globe?
This guy SITS and WATCHES the TRAFFIC GO BY -- the pinnacle of Globe investigative reporting!!
Yeah, LOWER THOSE EXPECTATIONS and EAT YOUR PLATE of SHIT!
Another reporter, Marcella Bombardieri, said the Times Co. decision means “things can quiet down and we can go back to doing our job.’’
Until the NEXT ROUND of CUTBACKS, anyway.
She said she also hoped the Times Co. would contribute more to employee health plans, which were cut after the union agreed to $10 million in contract concessions to stabilize the Globe’s finances.
She said NO at the meeting -- and YOU APPLAUDED ANYWAY!
Employees now face much higher premiums and reduced coverage. “I hope they remember how much they extracted from employees,’’ Bombardieri said.
They DID NOT!
Kevin Shaughnessy, who has worked for 15 years in the engraving department, which prepares plates used in printing, was more philosophical. “I don’t care who my boss is,’’ he said. “Just do your job.’’
That is, IF YOU HAVE ONE!
"Times Co. takes Globe off market" by Beth Healy, Globe Staff | October 15, 2009
The decision appeared be a relief to many people inside the Globe, six months after the Times Co. had threatened to shut down the 137-year-old paper unless its unions made dramatic concessions on wages and benefits....
Earlier this year, Times Co. executives had said the Globe was on course to lose $85 million in 2009, as the slow economy pummeled advertising revenue and as more readers and advertisers migrated to the Internet.
Related: Globe Decline a Decade in the Making
No one likes a liar.
Ultimately, the company received $20 million in concessions from the Globe’s unions, after wrenching negotiations. Globe managers took pay cuts as well, and the paper made a successful gamble on raising subscription prices amid a recession.
The company also cut $18 million in costs by shutting down a Billerica printing plant and consolidating production at its Boston facility....
Gee, who worked there and is out a job, huh?
Oh, sorry, that was a positive thing according to the reporter who is still working (for now).
For now the announcement eliminates some of the uncertainty Globe employees have faced in recent months....
Yeah, keep deluding yourselves.
“The paper itself has been the agenda-setter in the region. If any major metropolitan paper is situated to adapt to the new environment, the Globe is.’’
We call it AGENDA-PUSHING around here!
