Fresno Bee looking for a retail account executive

The Fresno Bee is hiring a retail account executive. From the announcement:

Description:

The Fresno Bee has an opening for a Local Retail Account Executive. Must be able to develop new business, sell advertising schedules based on advertiser marketing needs, create effective verbal and written presentations of newspaper advertising benefits, and attend and participate in sales meetings and training.

Requirements:

Applicants must have a proven track record of successful sales experience and excellent verbal and written communication skills, be goal-oriented and able to create positive results for our newspaper accounts. We are looking for a minimum of 3 years of successful sales and marketing experience. Background in media sales or communications a plus. College degree preferred. Must have an acceptable driving record and proof of insurance.

Click here for more info.
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McClatchy/Palin 2008 flashback: "How many many reporters does it take to find one Biden fib/gaffe?"

Prior to publication of Sarah Palin's book next week, I'm putting together a retrospective of the media's -- especially McClatchy's -- treatment of Sarah Palin. This post, the 4th so far, covers one of the low points of McClatchy's coverage of Sarah Palin: the VP debate with Joe Biden. The post below was published October 4, 2008.

McClatchy bureau chief John Walcott assigned seven reporters plus "the staff from the Anchorage Daily News" to fact-check the VP debate, according to this article. The McClatchy Clown Posse located nine Palin misstatements in the debate, but somehow only saw one Biden misstatement.

Just one. Seven McClatchy reporters plus "the staff from the Anchorage Daily News" could only find one Biden mistake.

How does McClatchy's "one" compare to what other fact-checkers found? Not very well. Look at the results from other outlets:

Investors Business Daily documented nine Biden fibs/misstatements.
The New York Post found more Biden fibs/misstatements.
Karl Rove found ten.
Ace has fourteen.
The McCain campaign lists fourteen.

So what is McClatchy's excuse?

Uh, maybe the Clown Posse wasn't really looking for Biden gaffes and misstatements?

Previous Palin/McClatchy flashback:

• McClatchy reporter says, 'Most of us don't like her'
• Anchorage Daily News prints anti-Palin slam from Daily KOS, then deletes it
• Mark Shields: Sarah Palin is "callous for choosing ambition over her daughter"

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Thanks to vets

This photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Houston James of Dallas embracing Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Graunke Jr. during a Veterans Day commemoration in Dallas. Graunke lost a hand, a leg and and eye when he was injured by a bomb in Iraq last year. (AP Photo)

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Wednesday November 11 -- Got news or an update?

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Lefties complain that conservatives sell too many books

Click here for Don Surber's explanation. (Hat tip: Doug Ross)
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Sacramento Bee hiring part-time drivers -- $12.50 per hour

The Sacramento Bee is advertising for part-time commercial drivers. The announcement:

Description:

The Sacramento Bee is currently accepting applications for part-time commercial drivers to work nights. Duties include bulk newspaper delivery to distribution centers. Air brake endorsement required and must not have an automatic transmission restriction. Night shift: Work a schedule between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., approximately 15-25 hours per week, including weekends. Pay is $12.50 per hour.

You must be able to provide a clean DMV printout (no points).

With your professional driving skills, valid Class A or B license, current DMV printout and medical card, you could join our team of drivers at one of Sacramento’s oldest and most respected companies.

Requirements:

California Class A or B driver license, clean DMV printout, medical card, and commercial driving experience. Ability to work nights and weekends.

Click here for more details.

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VP of advertising at Biloxi Sun Herald bails

Vicki Barrett, VP of advertising at the Biloxi Sun Herald, will be leaving the Sun Herald to take a position at the Mobile Press Register and Mississippi Press. She joins former Sun Herald publisher Ricky Matthews on the management team of the Mobile newspaper. Matthews left the Sun Herald in August.
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Blog post of the day

AP Rejoices: 'Obama pressed into role as national healer'
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Sacramento Bee announces it will charge for some online content -- update: Raleigh and Anchorage, too

The Sacramento Bee announced yesterday it will begin charging for some online content.

Here is an excerpt from the "updated terms of service" the bee emailed to Sacbee.com's registers users:

From time to time, and at sacbee.com's sole discretion, there may be certain content available via subscription or surcharge, and such content will be clearly marked. Because this is an advertising-supported service, we encourage you to patronize the advertisers that help to make this service possible. Note that currently most news articles remain available for 30 days in the pages of sacbee.com. The Sacramento Bee's electronic archives may carry a fee per full-text article downloaded.

Click here to see the full updated terms of service.

It looks nearly identical to the KC Star's terms of service John Landsberg discussed here. But I did notice the Bee's announcement says archives may carry a downloading fee.

Update: looks like other papers, including Raleigh and Anchorage, sent out the same email to registered users of their web sites.
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Finally!.. thanks to new arrangement with the WSJ, the KC Star production facility will print a popular paper

The Kansas City Star announced yesterday it has signed a deal to print the Midwest edition of the Wall Street Journal at the Star's production facility in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
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With daily circulation topping 2 million, the Wall Street Journal recently overtook USA Today as the nation's most popular newspaper.

The Kansas City Star, by contrast, lost more than 18,000 subscribers in the 6 month reporting period that ended September 30th.

Maybe the Star can learn some things from its successful partner.

Hat tip: Bottom Line Communications

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Tuesday November 10 -- Got news or an update?

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Rumors in Biloxi... update: layoffs in advertising and production?

Employees at the Biloxi Sun Herald are nervous about mandatory meetings with the new publisher today.

Mandatory employee meetings with the new publisher are being held today in Biloxi while the paper is covering a tropical storm. Some employees believe more layoffs will be announced, just one week after the end of the furlough season.

Maybe it's nothing more than a meet and greet.

Update: a reader says there will be layoffs in advertising and production.
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Update on Bee management's proposal for new contract

The Bee Guild has posted a Pdf of management's 12-page contract proposal. Click here to see it.

Management wants to reduce severance from 40 to 26 weeks, have more flexibility to hire freelancers, and the ability to impose more furloughs.

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Blog post of the day

CBS’s Schieffer on Ft. Hood Shooting: There Are ‘Christian Nuts’ Too

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Cartoon of the day

Cartoon by Scott Stantis
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Still struggling to get it right at the Charlotte Observer web site

Close but no cigar.

The photo below is a screen grab from the Charlotte Observer web site I posted last night.

Notice two of the seven words in the headline are misspelled.

Somebody tried to fix the mistakes and corrected "bit" to "bid" but still couldn't get "unravels" spelled right.

Check out the attempted correction below.

Still one misspelled word in the headline.

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Hat tip: reader
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Monday November 9 -- Got news or an update?

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Copy editors needed at the Charlotte Observer

Check out this headline posted today on the Charlotte Observer web site. Two of the seven words are misspelled. (Thanks to the reader who sent it in.)

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Light blogging today

Blogging is light today due to traveling.
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Going to the King Tut exhibit in December...

I'm heading to the King Tut exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco next month. Looking forward to it; I love Egyptian art and history.

The last time the King Tut exhibit came to the US in the 70s, it was a national sensation. Here's a funny flashback:



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