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[Victoria Watcher]

 

New article.  But we did that here a week ago.

 

[Nparker]

...New article.  But we did that here a week ago.

Did they give VV credit?

[Victoria Watcher]

Did they give VV credit?

 

No.  And it hardly seems like 10 days effort.  

[Victoria Watcher]

Jan 22
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Jan 27 (4)
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Jan 30
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- (Feb 4) none - today's newsletter no author names, no new content, lots of links to other media articles.

Feb 5 - new article

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Feb 10 - new article

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I know it's been a rough week, but two (not very good) articles in 12 days is not really ripping it up.  Considering they still have 5 staff.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 February 2023 - 06:17 AM.

[Barrrister]

The staff is busy getting their resumes out.

[Victoria Watcher]

“And why did you leave your last job?”

“Oh, because working conditions suffered after we decided to start a union, and because we continued to leak inside information to other online publications”

“Thanks, we will keep your resume on file”

[spanky123]

^ I don't think that any of the journalists will have a hard time finding new work. They have become the martyrs in an overly progressive environment. 

[Victoria Watcher]

The Guardian (UK):

 

 

Startup aimed to reshape media – and learned ‘news is hard’ the hard way

Two-year-old Canadian local news startup had heady plans when founded, but now trims jobs while execs snipe at workers on Twitter

 

 

Amid deteriorating finances, the outlet was also caught in a larger battle over the future of its operations, with executives weighing a shift to more frequent daily stories and staff pushing for longer, more time-consuming investigative articles.

 

“We know the daily newsletter is the most profitable part of the operation. And we were willing to play ball with this idea of shorter, quicker and more responsive pieces,” said Jimmy Thomson, the former managing editor of Capital Daily, who was among those fired. “But we also really felt that our community needs and values the longer stuff. And we really loved doing it.”

 

The layoffs quickly morphed into a broader public feud, after company cofounders posted a series of tweets seen as both naive about the journalism industry and dismissive of their employees.

 

Cofounder Andrew Wilkinson tweeted the executives were “guilty of being overly optimistic” in their goals.

 

“Not fun. News is hard,” he wrote.

 

The Overstory CEO, Farhan Mohamed, prompted indignation when he tweeted: “Many journalists don’t understand business. But worse? They don’t care to.” He later apologized to staff for his remarks.

 

But employees pushed back, saying the cuts left them “blindsided” and confused over the direction of the company, according to audio from a 6 February meeting.

 

Mohamed, who previously ran the news and entertainment media outlet Daily Hive, told staff the past weeks have been among the worst in his career.

 

 

 

https://www.theguard...rstory-job-cuts

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 February 2023 - 12:29 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

[Mike K.]

That’s good insight and advice.

It is tricky for people to leave their existing employer or career. They usually want to do their nest when they do.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

https://twitter.com/awilkinson

 

 

 

 

 

Some other job openings:

 

https://overstory.bamboohr.com/jobs/

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 May 2023 - 09:29 AM.

[Barrrister]

I thought that they had already folded.

[todd]

I thought that they had already folded.

I don’t think they do print.

[todd]

Email subscription seems so 2002. Why no awesome app?

[Victoria Watcher]

[spanky123]

Good for Andrew for sharing his experiences with others. He seems to hire quite a few CEO, who don't have a lot of related experience, to run his companies. Perhaps this signals a change in approach.

[Victoria Watcher]

https://twitter.com/...659881469829123

 

 

 

TMI

 

 

 

 

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

 

 

An 11,900-square-foot waterfront house in the Uplands has sold for $13.195 million, setting a new record for a sale through the Multiple Listing Service in the region.

 

The 3155 Beach Dr. house, built in 2016, has five bedrooms and eight bathrooms and is set on 1.67 acres. Features include a glass wine cellar, two butler’s pantries, double islands in the kitchen and parking for six vehicles.

 

Land title records state the new owner is local businessman Andrew Wilkinson, co-founder of the tech company Tiny. 

 

https://www.timescol...-record-5459219

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 June 2023 - 07:57 AM.

[spanky123]

https://twitter.com/...659881469829123

 

Yeah wondering about the purpose of this post. Does he really need twitter to tell him what to do or is this a marketing ploy to draw attraction to the house?

[Victoria Watcher]

Where is this house?