Friday, August 15, 2008
Media Gannett Layoffs Hit The Tennessean
Posted by PJ Tobia on Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 1:06 PM
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Sooo... When are you guys going to break the news about Matt Pulle quitting in a huff?
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Actually, Matt did not quit "in a huff." He is still at the Scene but has been thinking for several weeks now about doing something different, on the theory that the new editor might want to pick his own No. 2. Matt's on vacation in Florida this week and has a number of promising career leads.
You'll still be able to see him at a Starbucks near you.
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I'm sure you will still be able to find someone to harp on the same tired stuff over and over again and summarize articles from other newspapers around the country. Keep it real.
I am typing 'airplane' in the box below now (required).
Does that mean that Matt did his Rick Barnhardt blog entry from Florida. He must be dedicated. I wish him good luck in finding another job.
I am no fan of the Tennessean but this constant sniping at them and smirking about them is getting tiresome.
I've a news bulletin for you Scene staffers:
You aren't any better at doing what you do than the folks at 1100 Broadway are at doing what they do.
Maybe the new editor wants someone working for him who doesn't always have a mean or sour take on news here, and who is capable of even-handed, non-self-defensive reactions to any criticism.
The Scene has suffered since the departure of the dynamic duo of Albie Del Favaro and Bruce Dobie. Rather than trying to be a daily paper, I'd appreciate it if the Scene would focus henceforth on being a good weekly.
Believe me, Gilbert, the Scene is much better at its job than the Tennessean. (Not that the Tennessean sets a very high bar, but still...)
I do agree with you that it gets tiresome to see the constant sniping about the business doings at the Tennessean. It makes the Scene look like it has an inferiority complex.
Pick your moments for criticism, fellas, and then let Gannett have it. God knows they deserve it. But you dilute your impact when you hammer them on something relatively minor. Also, it's probably a good idea to hold off on hammering them as a chain paper with no local ownership and few local roots when that is basically what the Scene has become.
"Believe me, Gilbert, the Scene is much better at its job than the Tennessean."
No I don't believe you.
