I've had a good life, |
In terms of what it's doing to editorial staff, these are not horrible cuts. All three of these papers have fairly fat staffs compared with most other papers, if you take the rule of thumb of one editorial employee for every 1,000 [in] circulation. |
It was a perfect target; Tony Ridder has known this for years and that's why he was pounding for the need to improve profitability. His worst nightmare came true. |
It's an attractive market, which is why there are so many people fighting for market share over there. The Washington Post is never going to get down to the chicken-dinner coverage of these communities, and some of these community newspapers come close to that. |
Just to see him, I can't put it into words. |
Let's just say you didn't want to make Ramon Ramos mad. Ramon had your back. |
That structure is somewhat different than what we outside the deal had surmised, |
That structure is somewhat different than what we outside the deal had surmised. |
That's talked about a lot, but it usually never happens. |
The choice that you, as a Soul, have in relation to anything is always to be loving. Do you understand that this is the divine purpose that all of us as humans have been given - to love unconditionally? |
The history of trying to start a daily where there already is one is that it has never worked. |
The news staffs of the newspapers affected have all been pretty fat by industry standards, ... The cuts don't leave these newspapers in what I would call a weakened condition. |
There are only so many growth markets. As concentration of ownership goes forward, you'll see future acquisitions of newspaper chains go pretty much the way this one did: The buyer will keep the growth markets and discard the rest. |
There are very few places where this occurs any longer, because there are very few places that have competitive newspapers. |
There is no limit to the power of loving. |