Another Job Bites the Dust

[ZoWie]

Friend of mine just got her layoff notice due to the recent CBS merger approved by the drumpf cabal, oops I mean "administration." This is standard procedure, so no one is surprised. You have to figure that every one of these mergers costs 10,000 jobs.

The logical end to all this is The Media Company. You know, like The Phone Company was. You had a beef, well the alternative was no phone at all. At some point that became an anti-trust violation. This kind of thing was politically correct for one brief shining moment. Alas, everything since has been a textbook case of "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." [cue the guitar riff]

[Motor City]

Yep same as the old boss but only more concentrated by technology advancement and wealth concentration

Racist ad on front page of Michigan Gannett newspaper sparks outrage, apologies

A banner ad reading “Diversity is the Trojan horse of terrorism” appeared on the front page of the Sturgis Journal on Tuesday, prompting outrage and accusations of racism across Michigan.

The ad, paid for by Bowersox Floor Center, was condemned by readers who said it promotes white nationalist rhetoric.

The Journal, owned by media giant Gannett, which also owns the Detroit Free Press, acknowledged the ad should never have been printed.

“An advertisement was mistakenly published in our Oct. 28 edition because our approval policies were not followed,” Gannett said in a statement to Metro Times. “We’re strengthening our review process to prevent future errors and deeply regret any distress this may have caused.”....


....Gannett, which has gutted local newsrooms across the country to cut costs, has faced mounting criticism for prioritizing shareholder profits over editorial oversight.......

[ZoWie]

And nuclear powered now. Lucky I have a 1970s CD issue fallout meter around somewhere.

[ZoWie]

Technology was definitely what ruined the media business for people working in it. We reached the point where machines could create and distribute all the content, and everything since has felt like trying to lock the barn door when the horse is long gone.