ProJo / Providence Journal sold for $46M
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As a regular reader, my guess is nothing will change with the Red Sox coverage. Everyone knows they have a good thing going with Brian and Tim. The sports editor and his assistant are pretty young and energetic so there shouldn't be any changes there. The Journal has become a good hockey paper, too, with Mark Divver establishing his credentials in a sport he obviously lives. He's the assistant sports editor.
Like most companies that own newspapers, the former Gatehouse clan will try to trim staff wherever possible. That's never a good thing for quality of product.
Like most companies that own newspapers, the former Gatehouse clan will try to trim staff wherever possible. That's never a good thing for quality of product.
A.H. Belo were pretty terrible owners themselves. At the same time they had ProJo gutting it's staff, the top executives back in Dallas awarded themselves bonuses that more than covered the savings they made on all of the layoffs.
I wouldn't be surprised if A.H Belo weren't the only ones pulling such stunts. Much like most smaller city newspapers, the decline in quality and quantity of coverage in the ProJo over the last decade plus has been very noticeable. It will be sad if things get any worse.
Gatehouse will eventually move the page design and layout operations to their new sweatshop in Austin. They are in the process of doing this with all their other papers at the moment. Current ProJo copy editors will be offered the chance to apply for jobs in Austin, where they are hiring relatively inexperienced people for the front lines as page monkeys.
Gatehouse papers are heavily templated. They all have the same basic look, which minimizes the time spent building them. Many, whether in Massachusetts or Illinois or California, share the same pages of national coverage, for example. GH is heavily invested in reader-submitted material, whether it be photos or community bloggers and columnists.
The ProJo is a step way out of its corporate comfort zone. It will become the largest paper Gatehouse operates, so it can either become a flagship or be brought down as other papers in the chain (as 'dog mentioned) to a generic standard.
Gatehouse papers are heavily templated. They all have the same basic look, which minimizes the time spent building them. Many, whether in Massachusetts or Illinois or California, share the same pages of national coverage, for example. GH is heavily invested in reader-submitted material, whether it be photos or community bloggers and columnists.
The ProJo is a step way out of its corporate comfort zone. It will become the largest paper Gatehouse operates, so it can either become a flagship or be brought down as other papers in the chain (as 'dog mentioned) to a generic standard.
Dan Barry @DanBarryNYT · 4h
The Providence Journal, a part of me, is sold to New Media. I hear things. They better not mess with it: http://shar.es/LnJb6
The Providence Journal, a part of me, is sold to New Media. I hear things. They better not mess with it: http://shar.es/LnJb6
22 layoffs Tuesday. Rich Lee only sports name mentioned in this story.
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What a ridiculous premise. "Our medium is dying since people get their news up-to-the minute online so lets print a paper with news that's even OLDER than in our daily and give it away."