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Layoffs at the Journal Star?

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Has anyone else heard about new layoffs at the Journal Star? I just heard a report on WMBD radio and heard that there has been another round of layoffs including sports editor Bill Liesse, but I didn't hear the entire report. This is too bad if they lose a good guy like Liesse, I hope this isn't true.
 
BU Bill said:
Has anyone else heard about new layoffs at the Journal Star? I just heard a report on WMBD radio and heard that there has been another round of layoffs including sports editor Bill Liesse, but I didn't hear the entire report. This is too bad if they lose a good guy like Liesse, I hope this isn't true.
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Great management! Right when we are in the holiday season!:mad: I hope there was fair warning and were fair to the individuals.
 
I know for a fact. That more layoffs were handed out at the PJ Star today. I have a relative that works there and she would not share who or how many were involved. Some reports have said 10-12 but I cannot confirm that part.
 
I have been hearing rumors that Liesse's job has been in trouble. He is no longer listed on the website under "Newsroom" so I would assume that he was let go today. I don't have a strong opinion one way or another on him as a journalist, but to be let go at this time of year is very sad and I feel for the guy.
 
Liesse's name has been purged, and I did hear specifically on the 4:30PM WMBD newscast, that he was eliminated..
this is going on at all newspapers, and I am surprised they haven't folded by now.
 
PJstar and its affiliates would make a killing if they charged a subscription fee online. I know I would be willing to pay $50 a year or whatever. If 10,000 people sign up for it, that's a whopping $500,000 a year. More than enough to keep most of its staff. Getting the paper the next day is old news once you start reading it online. Stories are updated thruout the day and almost all the stories are posted the night before.

Jason
 
don't give them such crazy ideas...
there's virtually nothing they post online I'd pay a tenth of that to see...and if it were of any value, somenoe would find it and reveal it somewhere else... ;)

plus...if they did, their # of hits would plummet and their advertisers would pull out costing more than they'd make..
 
The only savior of the failing newspaper industry is either massive DRM restrictions on content (not going to happen) or everyone adopting a Kindle, and newspapers creating Kindle subscriptions. Believe me, I worked in the newspaper industry for 3 years. Only the giants will survive. Tribune, NYT, etc. You will see the eventual death of the PJS where it will be taken over by say...the Trib. Eventually it will just be syndicated content, or you'll just be getting the Tribune for your newspaper in Peoria.

When was the last time you cracked open a real encyclopedia instead of going to Wikipedia?
 
jasonpeoria911 said:
PJstar and its affiliates would make a killing if they charged a subscription fee online. I know I would be willing to pay $50 a year or whatever. If 10,000 people sign up for it, that's a whopping $500,000 a year. More than enough to keep most of its staff. Getting the paper the next day is old news once you start reading it online. Stories are updated thruout the day and almost all the stories are posted the night before.

Jason
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I strongly disagree with this post! The word "if" is a key part of your post. I seriously doubt that the PJS would get anywhere near 10,000 people to sign up for their product online at $50/year.
 
if the "newspapers" actually used some savvy and wanted to get back to prominence and draw people...
I have said this before...
look at the new wave of people who have the ability to CREATE success on the web...
hire new people who are web savvy and who have proved it by developing successful web projects.

My case(s) in point
-- how un-web savvy are the PJS people...ever try to negotiate their web site..
gez...it's downright painful
--and while papers are failing and nobody looks, tons of web sites are flourishing and incredibly popular.....just use this site as example and compare to it's "competitors..ahem if you can find them
 
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Great content! Now that would be a novelty out there in the market. The number 1 online newspaper is The Washington Post. They have put a ton of money into their site and provide great content.
 
tornado said:
if the "newspapers" actually used some savvy and wanted to get back to prominence and draw people...
I have said this before...
look at the new wave of people who have the ability to CREATE success on the web...
hire new pelple people who are web savvy and who have proved it by developing successful web projects.

My case(s) in point
-- how un-web savvy are the PJS people...ever try to negotiate their web site..
gez...it's downright painful
--and while papers are failing and nobody looks, tons of web sites are flourishing and incredibly popular.....just use this site as example and compare to it's "competitors..ahem if you can find them
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Exactly. Everything is moving towards the web, and why not? The web is 24/7. There is no print time, delivery time, or any of the time issues associated with physical content. Look at Twitter. Twitter is popular because it can provide news from a situation (For example, Ft. Hood) before an official statement is even released.

Some media companies get this, the Tribune is learning to leverage sites like reddit and Digg to receive huge amounts of eyeballs. The Sydney Morning Herald is a site I read often and I dont even directly go to the SMH website. Their stories and links are everywhere because they hire people who understand the process in which news is evolving to.

Each generation has a revolution, this generation is the media revolution. When I commuted an hour and a half to work each day on the Metra, I could pop in a card to my laptop, hop on the internet, and watch live Bradley games.

The most successful companies are the ones that adapt to change first.
 
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I will hate taking my computer into the bathroom.:mad:
I will miss Liesse's rye sense of humor, talking to him at The Smoker, and "between the lines" columns.
 
jasonpeoria911 said:
PJstar and its affiliates would make a killing if they charged a subscription fee online. I know I would be willing to pay $50 a year or whatever. If 10,000 people sign up for it, that's a whopping $500,000 a year. More than enough to keep most of its staff. Getting the paper the next day is old news once you start reading it online. Stories are updated thruout the day and almost all the stories are posted the night before.

Jason
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I hope you are not a student in the Foster College of Business...
 
SFP said:
Great content! Now that would be a novelty out there in the market. The number 1 online newspaper is The Washington Post. They have put a ton of money into their site and provide great content.
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I believe The Washington Post lost around $25 million last year and laid off a bunch of people. Is there a profitable newspaper anymore?
 
jasonpeoria911 said:
PJstar and its affiliates would make a killing if they charged a subscription fee online. I know I would be willing to pay $50 a year or whatever. If 10,000 people sign up for it, that's a whopping $500,000 a year. More than enough to keep most of its staff. Getting the paper the next day is old news once you start reading it online. Stories are updated thruout the day and almost all the stories are posted the night before.

Jason
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I would probably go for that but they would have to publish way more content before they'd get my money.
 
Murph said:
I would probably go for that but they would have to publish way more content before they'd get my money.
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Finished the sports section this morning before I finished my first cup of coffee. Used to take half a pot to read the Sunday sports page.
 
Yes that's true, they don't publish the whole newspaper online but just bits and portions of it. If they did decide to charge a subscription, then they would have to put it all online. I like to read most of the crime news, so i'm happy with the amount that's published lol. A lot better coverage on crime than most cities cover.

Jason



Chico said:
Finished the sports section this morning before I finished my first cup of coffee. Used to take half a pot to read the Sunday sports page.
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jasonpeoria911 said:
Yes that's true, they don't publish the whole newspaper online but just bits and portions of it. If they did decide to charge a subscription, then they would have to put it all online. I like to read most of the crime news, so i'm happy with the amount that's published lol. A lot better coverage on crime than most cities cover.

Jason
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I read the police section today. Do you believe only one crime worthy to be printed was committed in Peoria yesterday? I don't. That's poor coverage.
 
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