Trib: Jaynes Out (Updated and Bumped)Submitted by LynnS on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 1:03pm.
I hear this morning that Dwight Jaynes is no longer editor of the Trib as of yesterday. He's not on the masthead at the website. Anyone got the sitch? Update: WWeek has it. Update 2: Jaynes Speaks. Blazersedge.com interviews him in email. He implies he wasn't pushed; he jumped. ( topics: Portland Tribune )
Dwight reminded me of a Century 21 sales rep with that jacket in his picture. Good luck to you Mr. Jaynes. may be old but that's where almost all the real news originates. You know, all those news stories that magically appear free of charge on that New Media Internet Tube thingy. That's been my point all along. We're not in the newspaper business, the radio business, the TV business. We're in the information business. I want all of us to make that leap in mindset successfully, believe me. ----- "Jaynes was brought in under a contractual agreement that guaranteed profit sharing and an equity position provided the Trib earned a 20% margin after expenses." Where'd you get this info from? What other contract info have you seen from the Trib? Phil is likely to be the next big bucks guy to go, since he lives in the past and only rehashes old stories. I always felt Pete Schulberg did a very fair job covering media in Portland. It was the main reason I read the Portland Tribune. Jaynes was the only road block to Steve Clark running it all.....I've been impressed for years by the way all this played out for Steve Clark...Having a blank check to do whatever he wants..... I've often imagined Steve Clark's 2-Do list, dated January 1, 1999: 1: Buy Times papers and strip them financially to the bones I cannot stand the way Mr. Clark runs his papers. Not when it was Community Newspapers, and not now. The To Do list above hits the nail on the head -- especially number one and number seven. No one at the paper is going to miss him because of his "sacrifice-the-paper-while-defending-the-sports-deparment" attitude. Why the people managing Pamplin Media put him in charge of anything is a big mystery. But, it's a good sign of why the company is failing. Yanking him or him yanking himself is a sign the company might be headed toward a new/better direction. "....or him yanking himself is a sign the company might be headed toward a new/better direction." I just read a post from someone with the name Anonymous and pulled his quote out as seen above. The quote was in reference to the passage of someone named Jaynes who'd been fired, apparently for some odd form of self-abuse, or onanism as some prefer to call it. I feel it is important for all of OMI's readership to understand that Higher Powers object to one "yanking oneself," which may explain why Mr. Jaynes has fallen from grace over at the paper. Additionally, to "yank" oneself hardly seems the correct direction in which to take any organization. I'm no prude and I'm certain there are alliances or coalitions that use onanistic practices for reasons one finds difficult to fathom. That said, the private sin of self-abuse would not appear to be an appropriate bearing in which to steer a for-profit company. Not being a Pamplin employee or insider I've always wondered just what Dwight Jaynes brought to the table as editor. He's a good sportswriter, sure, but that doesn't qualify him to lead an entire newspaper. I always assumed he was just another of Pamplin's crony hires, like the succession of shockingly incompetent GM's and PD's who bedeviled KPAM for years until a bona fide professional (Clithero) was finally brought in from outside the market to try to salvage things. I wish Dwight well though. By the way, Lynn, speaking of radio, how about a thread on the Spring book, out yesterday? El Rey is #1, and all four conservative talk stations (including KPAM) took a major hit. See pdxradio.com for a discussion. Post new comment |
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The Trib was once a paper of note and Dwight was the shining star at the top of the mast. His biggest problem was the vicious ownership who demanded a profit. The nerve of some people. Jaynes was brought in under a contractual agreement that guaranteed profit sharing and an equity position provided the Trib earned a 20% margin after expenses. This is akin to asking the new goofballs managing over at KOIN to grow revenue by even 5% - AIN'T GOONA HAPPEN.
Subsequently and Consequently - Jaynes is newspaper history as will likely be his successor. The newspaper business is an albatross around shareholder necks. Most papers will likely be severely reduced or completely shut down in the next few years. The newspapers blame the Internet, but that's the pot calling the kettle black. It just won't fly. The Old Media is just that - OLD.
Take a hint - retire now while the pension plan is still being funded. Those in newspapers and broadcasting, especially at the local level, are doomed. The ash heap of media history is littered with those who over-stayed their time. If Jaynes is fortunate, he'll get a job doing something the public actually requires. Jaynes is a good man and deserves better than to be treated like yesterday's news. Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.