Comments on: AJC is losing $1 million a week

By: Hinton James

Hinton James — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:39:50 +0000

D’accord, Grant

By: Grant Parker

Grant Parker — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:02:56 +0000

I cannot help but notice a certain glee in this report. Happy to see the big dog get a spanking, little dog? I think so.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:19:15 +0000

I work for the AJC part-time doing delivery, thankfully I have a regular job also.
In the 9 years I have done delivery I have seen my customer count go down greatly plus the paer itself get smaller especially as of late. At one time AJC was in most counties in the state of Georgia and even some in a few other states. Now only in the metro Atlanta area. Alot of people have already lost jobs with the paper and I as I told my dad 9 years ago when I started that the paper was a dying business. The end is not too far away I’m afraid. H.M. E.

By: 1911A1

1911A1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:52:03 +0000

Perhaps the $1M/week cash bleed is all because of Bill Heard going out of business. With 40-50 pages of Bill Heard ads that used to run every Friday-Saturday, that could explain the shortfall in itself!

By: Insider

Insider — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:57:21 +0000

Mr. Henry, perhaps you should hire a fact checker before you publish an article like this with some much misinformation. Or maybe that is why no one takes CL seriously, its full of fluff and no serious reporting. Anyway, you’ve got some serious facts wrong. There was no quarterly staff meeting when Doug came to the paper. He has only been at the AJC for one week. There has been no formal meeting of any kind and no statement has been made about the AJC losing a million dollars each week, which is the headline of your story. Basically, you are a blogger and your “article” is a joke. You are attempting to spread misery and create a bad opinion of the only serious newspaper in Atlanta, without whom, I’d love to know where the Atlanta people think they would get local news from. 11 Alive!?

By: wesley what what

wesley what what — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:07:37 +0000

“the god of israel see”???

lol, i was with u up until then.

By: A Change has come

A Change has come — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:34:08 +0000

AJC has not dealt fairly with their employees, their most valued asset. Until employees are made privy to the challenges facing the newspaper and allow them to decide if they want to continue as a member of the “AJC Titanic” money will continue to be lost and morale at an all time low. John Mellot saw the water coming in and jumped ship just in time. Having worked for the newspaper,reminds me of the old saying “Divide and conquer” and this tactic is used daily!!! Management against hourly employees, generally with the employees perpetually coming out on the losing end. Serves them right as they have interrupted and caused people great heartship with little or no concern. Telling someone that in thirty days you have no job, you’re 57 years of age and have no skills since you have worked for the company for twenty years.
The GOD of Israel sees and believe me is taking notes! 1 million per day will evolve into 2 – 3 million per day. The AJC is hoping that the Inagural Edition of 1/21/2009 will pull them out. But even the employees know that if this does not create capital, they are prepared to go!!

By: Another outsider

Another outsider — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:08:19 +0000

Not only is the AJC tied up in the family trust,but so are the other two Cox papers not on the market (including the Palm Beach Post). Regardless of who is running the show, the newspaper industry is a scary place to be right now.

By: Outsider

Outsider — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:51:30 +0000

The AJC is tied up in the family trust in some way that prevents it from being put on the market.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:35:32 +0000

Hey Mike, if that’s really you, do you honestly think that everyone that shops at the Love Shack is a pervert?