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This really is interesting. Any theories as to what the Sun has up their sleeve? Do you think it was a pure monetary decision (want to bring in someone cheaper, they have no money) or a performance thing?
I spoke some months ago with a local reporter for the Lakeland Ledger, which has always been part of the group of local papers owned previously by The NY Times, Halifax, and now Gannett (USA Today.) She said cost cutting has left them with a minimal shell of local reporters and a handful of stringers. She is making half what she did 10 years ago, about what a starting teacher makes, and is writing a lot more and shorter articles. It’s bad.
I suspect that Pat & Robbie were asked to take a deep pay cut or retire. Otherwise you ride the season out, especially when it looks so interesting.
There hasn’t been news other than whatever the SID feeds them since SOS left. UM3 clamped down on leaks and Muschamp ushered in a bunker mentality that has become the norm. Everyone is scripted, including the players. So all you’re left with is regurgitation of whatever Scott Carter wrote, or what the pool all heard in the same press conference. And then there are the opinion pieces that come out from Bianchi et al.
Seems to me Gannett should have a plan.
I spoke some months ago with a local reporter for the Lakeland Ledger, which has always been part of the group of local papers owned previously by The NY Times, Halifax, and now Gannett (USA Today.) She said cost cutting has left them with a minimal shell of local reporters and a handful of stringers. She is making half what she did 10 years ago, about what a starting teacher makes, and is writing a lot more and shorter articles. It’s bad.
I suspect that Pat & Robbie were asked to take a deep pay cut or retire. Otherwise you ride the season out, especially when it looks so interesting.
There hasn’t been news other than whatever the SID feeds them since SOS left. UM3 clamped down on leaks and Muschamp ushered in a bunker mentality that has become the norm. Everyone is scripted, including the players. So all you’re left with is regurgitation of whatever Scott Carter wrote, or what the pool all heard in the same press conference. And then there are the opinion pieces that come out from Bianchi et al.
Seems to me Gannett should have a plan.
I spoke some months ago with a local reporter for the Lakeland Ledger, which has always been part of the group of local papers owned previously by The NY Times, Halifax, and now Gannett (USA Today.) She said cost cutting has left them with a minimal shell of local reporters and a handful of stringers. She is making half what she did 10 years ago, about what a starting teacher makes, and is writing a lot more and shorter articles. It’s bad.
I suspect that Pat & Robbie were asked to take a deep pay cut or retire. Otherwise you ride the season out, especially when it looks so interesting.
There hasn’t been news other than whatever the SID feeds them since SOS left. UM3 clamped down on leaks and Muschamp ushered in a bunker mentality that has become the norm. Everyone is scripted, including the players. So all you’re left with is regurgitation of whatever Scott Carter wrote, or what the pool all heard in the same press conference. And then there are the opinion pieces that come out from Bianchi et al.
Seems to me Gannett should have a plan.
They could have and would have a terrific revenue stream had they kept their message board and tried to make it better.Spot on right. You’ll note Dooley made zero mention of sliding into planned unemployment, but rather noted all the independent projects he would be taking on. The awful economics of print journalism have, for better or worse, left him and his longtime sidekick scrambling for a living.
Realistically, what does that mean? how many active posters and viewers did we have back in the day on gsmb?They could have and would have a terrific revenue stream had they kept their message board and tried to make it better.
Realistically, what does that mean? how many active posters and viewers did we have back in the day on gsmb?
I don't remember the numbers, but obviously I remember it was a lot bigger. I wonder how many visited for the news stories back then versus the forum and how much actual income there is off of site off that.It wasn’t just active members. It was visitors as well. I remember seeing the numbers swell to unimaginable levels when Meyer shockingly announced he was quitting.
The Sun as usual was more notorious for what it didn’t do than what it did do, and that’s parlay those numbers into advertising revenue. What were they going to argue, that the GSMB demographic didn’t jive with their local advertisers?
I don't remember the numbers, but obviously I remember it was a lot bigger. I wonder how many visited for the news stories back then versus the forum and how much actual income there is off of site off that.
I don't think Gannette has ever tried to make their money off Google ads. they still try to sell their own or sell subscriptions. outdated business models.
I honestly don't know, didn't have access to those analytics. However, I'm pretty sure it dwarfed what we have here.Realistically, what does that mean? how many active posters and viewers did we have back in the day on gsmb?
Your last paragraph was rock solid truth and it’s why newspapers are dying. The “Pete and Repeat “ procedures are very similar in every other section of the paper.
Is there a source anywhere of any format, other than Gatorchatter of course, that provides real news on gator athletics?
I tried to watch his last podcast, but only lasted fifteen seconds. How can someone be soooo Terrible???
Spot on right. You’ll note Dooley made zero mention of sliding into planned unemployment, but rather noted all the independent projects he would be taking on. The awful economics of print journalism have, for better or worse, left him and his longtime sidekick scrambling for a living.