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Buford Pusser — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:42:16 -0000

Love that paper!!!

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Buford Pusser — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:38:44 -0000

Exactly why the trib is failing, these dopes don't know how to use the internet to their advantage. Old news out of touch with local people, poor web performance, highly non interactive, with poor advertising. No wonder these fools are going out of business. BYE JAWJUH!

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ALL_MA_STATE_REPS_SHOULD_BE_PT — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:13:46 -0000

Maybe the herald...never the globe.

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ALL_MA_STATE_REPS_SHOULD_BE_PT — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:10:41 -0000

Ever since "Chip" sold off the paper...it"s gone straight downhill...I subscribed when I moved here in '94...just cancelled about 4 weeks ago....the content isn't the same...the focus isn't the same....where are the great investigative articles? The paper now sucks,,,I have to read the opinions in "comments section" to get real news...

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ya whatever — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:19:02 -0000

randy, i can see where you are coming from, but i do feel you are a bit misinformed. From an inside point of view, while the Tribune is struggling to keep revenue coming in at the same rate, in comparison to the Globe and the Herald, the Tribune is actually doing reasonably well. Large metro papers are gushing blood...
Yes, boston.com is a quality website, and those at the Globe have been smart to branch out into other mediums/media (which ones right? )

While news on the web is great for the reader, it doesnt equal significant advertising dollars. Its nearly impossible to gauge a response except click-thrus which is virtually non existent.

Its quite a tricky situation........

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Truthbeknown — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:57:16 -0000

please don't feel sorry!! ever newspaper in this country is falling apart, because of the cost of ink, paper and etc...and people with over-flow of reycling don't like to deal with it.Also the paper is free online. It's the elderly that suffer because most don't know what a computer is.
obviously all you critics of the paper are still reading it as i see.
you should at least support the paper because someday you may not have a local paper anymore and than what?
p.s What does Al white have to do with anything?

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Shadow — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:56:25 -0000

From what I hear, a bunch of Rednecks from Alabama that aren't even in the newspaper business own the Tribune. They hire a publisher, editors and reporters from God knows where, and expect these clueless outsiders to produce local news. Even if they had a decent website, the content would still be the same crap. Why would you want to maintain the quality of crap? The Eagle Tribune will never win another Pulitzer with this combination.

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smack — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:24:56 -0000

Don't hold back steve s...What are you really trying to say? ;)

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smack — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:23:16 -0000

Other than the fact that the paper sould be now called The Southern New Hampshire Picayune? Nope

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steve s — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:22:36 -0000

I feel sorry for those employees who were 're-structured' out of a job. Personally I come from the school where management should be held accountable and replaced, not the real workers.

This newspaper has been an obscene joke since I was a child. Their bias has ruined the city of Lawrence in that they and they alone drove the politcal agenda and kept the most inempt leaders in office while excoriating the good leaders.

I will drink champagne the day Alan White gets his in the neck. At his age and his lifestyle he will never again get a job as good as this one. I believe what comes around goes around and cannot wait to see that vomiting dog get his.

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Phil McCrackin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:32:25 -0000

All calls to Sound Off have now been outsourced to India as a result.

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huh? — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:17:05 -0000

Layoffs are because of poor performance on the paper's part. I read some articles on the website, but the bias is really bad here. I bought the paper for awhile, but other than town happenings, the paper was useless. I can view current and local stuff on so many other sites that seem to have less of a bias.

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Amous — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:33:14 -0000

musta had to bring in temp help to get this article to press. No mention of what percentage of people are leaving. We're not talking Raytheon here.

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kolohe — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:26:44 -0000

In trying to figure out how large of an impact 52 positions was, I found this in the E-T archives (06/01/2006):

"On a vote of 82-52, reporters, photographers, copy editors and other editorial department employees at the company's nine daily and weekly publications rejected a bid by Guild Local 31032 of Boston to unionize the company's newsrooms in Massachusetts and New Hampshire."

Well, the article is 2 years old, but it looks like a ballpark 40% reduction in staff. Interesting coincidence with the number 52, but probably little to no correlation.

Anyone notice any impacts to the paper - print or on-line version - since the staff was laid off other than the weird proofreading and web issues yesterday?

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Randy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:05:27 -0000

the whole paper is going to just self-destruct and die, thanks to the malcontents to own it. You're probably right, some big paper, who actually has a clue, will buy it up and layoff almost everyone. i have read the tribune since i was a small child, it was OUR newspaper. today, i get my paper at my door and it is thinner than kids folder on the first day of school!!!!!! insanity.

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smack — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:54:48 -0000

Valley Patriot anyone?

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oldtimer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:10:56 -0000

Merrimack Valley Magazine anyone!

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Enough — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:56:47 -0000

Let's hope the reporters they keep will print "THE NEWS, BOTH SIDES THAT IS!"

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EyesOnYou — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:15:27 -0000

Perhaps the downsizing explains why the same six stories have been the only stories under 'Haverhill News' in the past 5-6 days?.....
Sparse to say the least when there is so much happening in the city in the past week or so.

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Randy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:00:08 -0000

Oh, and any truth to the rumor to billy "i beat" burt going to the herald? I heard he was taking over the pats job there. just a rumor, he still seems to be writting for the trib -- he has a story on this (crappy) website today.
maybe he is getting out while he still can.

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Randy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:53:42 -0000

The entire business is going to the internet, and yet the ET still has a crappy website and doesnt seem to realize (or care????) that without a viable and USER FRIENDLY website, the company will continue to dry up.

Look at Boston.com, best website around! Compared, it makes this one (ET) look like a high school project. Look at sports, where Boston.com has video, audio links, blogs for all the major teams, THATS WHERE THE INDUSTRY IS GOING. ET puts up rally north, which i like by the way, but its not nearly what the paper needs.

hwy have rally north? why not just have the papers website, but have it be a good website! they should have blogs for each hs sport, and a blog fo reach pro team and hell, even merrimack college. they have d1 hockey and are only down the freakin street!!!! they should have video, they should have audio, they should make it a MUST STOP for sports readers.

But every writer on staff should be known to the public and have a strong web presence. i want to see their faces (not just "i beat burt"). sports is different than news, and we want to know who we are reading. political columns, etc. should all have a strong web presence, showing faces, encouraging interaction. like i said, ITS NOT JUST A NEWSPAPER ANYMORE, IT CANT BE OR ELSE YOU WILL ALL HAVE NO JOBS SOON.

radio, tv and the internet is what rules the news and sports world. the papers that do well (globe, herald) have very strong websites (especially the globe). Until you folks at the ET realize this, youre company will continue to struggle and more people will lose jobs.

same with news. you seem to go into it sometimes with picture shows and some video, but its few and far between (you only seem to do it when you want to).

the paper is getting thinner, the website sucks.....yet myself, and other suckers, continue to subscribe and read. ill tell ya what, im better off going to the herald or globe, and im STRONGLY considering it.

A (former?) reader.

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ohoh — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:18:05 -0000

It's not a reorganization!! It's not a downsizing !!!!!!!!!!!
It's a LAYOFF, they don't have jobs anymore, they've been LAIDOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ohoh — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:29 -0000

Call it what it is A LAYOFF
So much today is on the internet who takes and has time to actually sit down and read a paper. The Rogers family did the best thing for them, they sold out. I feel really bad for the 52 cuz the Trib owns everything around so their market for another job is very slim. That's a good reason why monopolies should not exist. Competition is at it's best when there is plenty of it, so workers can market themselves.

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Commentard — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:24:49 -0000

well, maybe not 5 years, but they will continue to struggle as print media dies a slow and painful death.

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smack — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:23:57 -0000

Perhaps Mr. Getler etal should focus on gathering and presenting actual local NEWS items to the ET's readership instead of "minimizing the impact on the editorial department." If "maintaining" the quality here is all they're shooting for, there are indeed dark days ahead for those still employed up on Turnpike St.