Comments on: Gannett To Slash More Than 3,000 Jobs Across Local Papers http://paidcontent.org/2008/10/29/419-gannett-to-slash-more-than-3000-jobs-across-local-papers/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 10:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Manuel L. Ponte http://paidcontent.org/2008/10/29/419-gannett-to-slash-more-than-3000-jobs-across-local-papers/#comment-64363 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:37:47 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/10/29/419-gannett-to-slash-more-than-3000-jobs-across-local-papers/#comment-64363 Years ago, I wrote to Gannett and pointed out that the time had come for the company to realize that the U. S. is becoming a nation of minorities to whom the communications industry should cater instead of relying on the costly products directed solely to the large English-language printed-word markets. I even used the Portuguese proverb "Dos poucos se fazem os muitos" to illustate my point. The company should, therefore, take that factor into consideration as it added to – or eliminated – certain of its products. It should even consider the possibilities of teaming up – or buying – small radio stations that could cater to those minorities in certain population centers (St. Louis, for example, has a large Bosnian and Spanish-speking populations that could stand some advertising, news, entertainment, etc.). Many of those groups have considerable unpaid talent available in order to sustain minority-oriented channels at a profit to the channels' owners.

My suggestion, in spite of being backed by factual information, probably ended up in somebody's waste basket. Well, the time has come to retrieve it.

Sincerely,

Manuel L. Ponte, St. Louis, Missouri
314-303-0908

]]> By: Jim Hopkins http://paidcontent.org/2008/10/29/419-gannett-to-slash-more-than-3000-jobs-across-local-papers/#comment-64362 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:57:39 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/10/29/419-gannett-to-slash-more-than-3000-jobs-across-local-papers/#comment-64362 Please consider linking to my blog; it's got the most information about Gannett, the No. 1 newspaper publisher.

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