The Clarion-Ledger is furloughing all employees making over $38,000 per year. The employees will be furloughed for one week each month.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Email address
kingfish1935@gmail.com
Support this site.
Mail donations to:
ATTN: Jackson Jambalaya
1220 E. Northside Dr., Ste 170, Box 189
Jackson, MS 39211
ATTN: Jackson Jambalaya
1220 E. Northside Dr., Ste 170, Box 189
Jackson, MS 39211
Marshall Ramsey
Clarion-Ledger
PACER: Southern Dist.
WAPT
Babylon Bee
Y'all Politics
The Rez News
And The Valley Shook
NMissCommentor
Calculated Risk
Recent Comments
Search Jackson Jambalaya
Most popular posts last week.
Subscribe to JJ's Youtube channel
Special Coverage
- ZeroBear PolyBear's Recipes
- Lamar Adams/Madison Timber Case
- The Gold Coast of Rankin County
- PERS Coverage
- Hinds County Coverage
- Frazier coverage
- JPS & Education
- Madison County coverage
- Heather Spencer Murder
- Steadivest fraud case
- Jackson interest-rate swaps/refinance of bonds
- Evans case
- Jackson Airport stuff
- Jackson EPA Emergency Order
- Jackson Water Crisis
Archives
-
▼
2020
(1956)
-
▼
April
(187)
- The Greatness Returns
- Legislature to Tate: It's Our Money
- Leg Comes Back Tomorrow
- Governor Holds Daily Covid-19 Briefing
- Mayor Defends Gun Ban as It Expires
- Fitch Joins Gun Fight
- What Will the D.A. & JPD Do?
- Clinton & Entergy Trade Licks
- Dentists Gnash Teeth Over Continued Shutdown
- More Truth-Tellers Disappear in China
- Meridian Cops Indicted
- Swiss Reopen Schools
- Governor's Daily Briefing
- Covid-19 Update: 250 Deaths, 6,569 Cases
- Mayor: Rights Should be Regulated
- Sid Salter: Standoff Underscores Key Impasse in N...
- "Approved News"
- Oops!
- Hancock Law Firm Helps Essential Workers
- Receiver Files Status Report in Lamar Adams Case
- Lumumba Gun Ban Going to Court
- Reds to Aussies: Don't You Dare!
- It's Monday Night!
- Governor Announces Plans for Schools
- Legislature Returns May 18
- His Name Was Larry Lee
- Over 6,000 Covid-19 Infectionf
- National Review: It's Worse Than the Flu
- Wildlife Federation to Sue MDWFP & Fair Commission
- Covid-19 Alert!
- MD Guest Column: Protect Patients Now
- Covid-19 Update: 5,911 Cases, 227 Deaths but Vents...
- Sunday Morning Sermon
- Bill Crawford: Help Others Cope With Pandemic Fear...
- Wildlife Federation Supports Yazoo Pumps
- Chokwe Suspends Open-Carry Law (Updated)
- Greta Brown-Bully Arrested for Murder
- The Almost Last Supper
- The Confessions
- Governor Reopens More Businesses
- Flashback Friday
- Dental Board Awaits Governor's Decision
- Cases Rise but Severity Eases
- Insurance Commish Discusses Business Interruption ...
- Bass Pro Beatdown
- Governor's Daily Covid-19 Briefing
- $6.5 Million for Covid-19 Fight Coming to Mississippi
- Covid-19 Infections Rise but ICU's & Vents Fall
- Death by the Numbers: Covid-19 Edition
- Bigger Pie Forum: Herd Mentality
- Throwback Thursday
- Governor: "We Are Getting More Confident."
- Virus Update: Closing in on 5,000
- Lynn Prepares to Sue China
- Clinton: Entergy Rips Off City
- DHS Paid Dibiase Company that Didn't Exist
- Sid Salter: Pandemic Points Out Escalating Health ...
- Sale of the Day
- This is Not Boo-Boo, Mississippi
- State Paid More than $72 Million in Unemployment B...
- Poll: 64% Approve State's Handling of Covid-19
- Nursing Home Deaths 30% of Covid-19 Deaths in Ms.
- Mississippi Covid-19 Update: 204 New Cases, 14 Deaths
- Ouch!
- Thieves Hit the Police
- Chicoms "Muzzled" Top Expert, Raise Death Toll
- 35 Years Since The War
- Governor: The Curve is Flattening
- Kids v. Politicians. Guess Who Wins.
- Mississippi: 4,512 Covid-19 Infections, 169 Deaths
- Covid-19 Testing in Hinds This Week
- Savage of the Day, Part II
- Bill Maher: Stop the Panic Porn
- Losing Your Marbles in Paris
- Covid-19 ICU's & Vents Decline
- Mississippi: 4,274 Infections, 159 Deaths.
- Sunday Morning Sermon
- Bill Crawford: Pandemic Not Ending in 2 Weeks
- "Humor is Reason Gone Mad"
- Covid-19 Casualty: Hospitals
- Savage of the Day
- Mississippi Update: 3,974 Infections, 152 Deaths
- When Church Came to Walmart
- Rez Opens Monday
- Covid-19 Update: 3,793 Cases, 140 Deaths
- Governor Says "We Can't Reopen"
- Mayor Extends Shutdown to April 30
- Good Guys Win One
- China Delays Shipment of Medical Supplies
- MDOC Has 3 Covid-19 Positive Inmates
- A Miracle Amid Destruction
- Her Name was Queenyanna Davis
- Covid Goes on the Attack
- Greenville Mayor Backs Down
- PRVWSD Board Meets
- UMC Opens Field Clinic
- Supply Shortage Crimps Covid-19 Testing
- Smart Dog!
- Governor: "We are in the Eye of a Storm"
- UMC Conducts Clinical Trials on Covid-19(2)
-
▼
April
(187)
The Kingfish's Favorite Posts
- Presenting the Mississippi State Capitol (Video)
- Editorial: The airport belongs to Jackson. Period.
- Kelly arrested for taking pics of Rose Cochran
- The Real Face of Mississippi Government
- PERS gets mo' money but funding level falls
- Majority black public school districts spend more, waste more, fail more
- Jackson's water bond failure: The REST of the story.
- Time to return fire on Banks
- Supervisor votes on projects next to land he owns
- Throwdown at the Levee Board
- Door shuts on another life
- Truth begins to come out in Irby case
- Judge orders interview of Irby
- Steadivest: Snakes or snake-bitten?
- Post-election thoughts
- Rest of the story about Crisler's shooting
- Jackson paying $4 million in fees
- Will Jackson end up like Birmingham
- Record-breaking fraud?
- FBI contacted MVT about Evans
- Heather Spencer police reports
- An open letter to John McCain
- Are your 401k's safe from Democrats?
- Democrats' Plans for Controlling the Media
- Who is Teresa Ghilarducci?
- Kingfish wins at Ethics Commission
- Tribe of Obama
- Berry V. Aetna (rankin County Cesspool)
- Incest in Dixie: Mississippi Legal Profession
- Jim Hood: Liar
- JFP Tax Problems? (See comments)
- The SafeCity Bill
- Isn't this called secession?
- A Black Governor in Mississippi?
- Time to grade Miles' exam
- Domestic Violence & Divorce in Mississippi
- Truthwatch, eh?
- What is Jackson Jambalaya?
- Election Night Thoughts
- Counter-Insurgency for Beginners
- Jazz for Beginngers
- Mayor Melton's Soljah
- A Leopard Can't Change His Spots, Can Jere Nash?
- Harborwalk Hoax?
- A Pox on All Your Houses
Local Media
- Y'all Politics
- WLBT
- West Jackson Facebook page
- WJTV
- The Northside Sun
- WAPT
- The Mississippi Link
- The Rez News
- Othor Cain
- Mississippi Magazine
- Jackson Free Press (Jackson, MS Alternative Weekly)
- Harborwalk Thread (Jackson's Latest Boondoggle)
- Darkhorse Press
- Clarion Ledger (Jackson, MS Gannett Newspaper)
- Clay Edwards Show
- Barksdale Today
- Supertalk Mississippi
Trollfest '09
Trollfest '07 was such a success that Jackson Jambalaya will once again host Trollfest '09. Catch this great event which will leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Othor Cain and his band, The Black Power Structure headline the night while Sonjay Poontang returns for an encore performance. Former Frank Melton bodyguard Marcus Wright makes his premier appearance at Trollfest singing "I'm a Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Kamikaze will sing his new hit, “How I sold out to da Man.” Robbie Bell again performs: “Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Bells” and “Any friend of Ed Peters is a friend of mine”. After the show, Ms. Bell will autograph copies of her mug shot photos. In a salute to “Dancing with the Stars”, Ms. Bell and Hinds County District Attorney Robert Smith will dance the Wango Tango.
Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).
Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.
Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".
In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.
In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.
Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.
Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).
Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.
Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".
In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.
In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.
Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.
Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
Trollfest '07
Jackson Jambalaya is the home of Trollfest '07. Catch this great event which promises to leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Sonjay Poontang and his band headline the night with a special steel cage, no time limit "loser must leave town" bout between Alan Lange and "Big Cat"Donna Ladd following afterwards. Kamikaze will perform his new song F*** Bush, he's still a _____. Did I mention there was no referee? Dr. Heddy Matthias and Lori Gregory will face off in the undercard dueling with dangling participles and other um, devices. Robbie Bell will perform Her two latest songs: My Best Friends are in the Media and Mama's, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be George Bell. Sid Salter of The Clarion-Ledger will host "Pin the Tail on the Trial Lawyer", sponsored by State Farm.
There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.
If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.
If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
33 comments:
Those poor people
People actually get paid to print that seditious birdcage liner? I assumed they were all communists "collectively" printing their leftist shill propaganda!
It's all of Gannett and it's for the next three months. Be good to get the whole story out there.
We can start making a list of institutions that will close, and never reopen after this. The CL is one. Millsaps College comes to mind also.
not that $38,000 annually is that great of a paycheck anyway
I will probably get blasted for saying this, but my opinion is I wish there was a way to put the whole world on "commission". Meaning you daily earn what you produce. While I hate to see anyone furloughed, some of these folks at the Clarion Ledger aren't worth $38,000, or even $20,000. That is my opinion. Many just aren't good at their job. Others are great at their job, but their attitude has alienated much of the subscriber base.
Good.
Hopefully, the doors will close soon.
Let's see if Donna will put her money where her mouth is and take pity on these poor souls by hiring every one of them.
I will look forward to that week more than any other week of the month
Didn't the CL do something similar to this a few years ago?
Everyone is gonna be furloughed in some capacity for the time being. EVERYONE. So quit with the CL jokes. Karma is coming...
All marginal businesses, like C-L, are in a jam. Canaries only the coal mine. Times like this blow up Ponzi schemes and scams as well. Bernie Madoff blew up because of the volatility. Can’t wait for some of these local yokel big dogs to go the way of Madison Timber. If you are investing in some “fund” run locally, or local “venture capitalist” or local “private equity” you might want to give them a call and see if it is even possible to get your money out. Probably too late. Also, just for general purposes you probably should never invest in a “fund” that when you google the name it pulls up larger, enormously capitalized funds that have similar sounding names.
@11:59 AM
I am a brilliant entrepreneur, not some working class schlub. I will never be furloughed. I already made my fortune.
I miss the old days of newspapers.
They could get fired, collect state and federal unemployment and make more than $38k a year.
If it closes, what will I use to line the bird cage or wrap my fish in?
12:25 that would only be too good of a punishment from the Clarion Ledger.
Gannett's stock price back in its prime I think was around $50 a share to day it sits at $1.24 a share. Now think about all those folks that are working today that have stock in their employee retirement plan.
Gannett spun off their broadcast assets a few years ago and left the print business float off into.....nowhere. The new broadcast company TIGNA has a stock price of $10.90 and it is down a little.
Learn to code!
The company he worked for went under and oldest son lost his job yesterday. It got serious. Told other son last night and he admitted he is very worried. Both have families. It is serious.
Whenever someone tells me their son or daughter is majoring in journalism I shudder. Parents don't raise your babies to be journalists. It is a massive dead end.
I remember when we got a morning paper (Clarion Ledger) and an afternoon paper (Jackson Daily News). Both were good papers and profitable during their heyday
Why is the Clarion Ledger still printing seven days a week.
@12:16
Yes, back when newspapers had educated reporters that could compose a sentence, editors that knew how to edit, proofreaders that could proofread, the news was reported as is and the editorializing was only on the editorial page.
I know Warren Buffett is smarter than any of us, but he suffered a serious brain cramp when he went heavy on Gannett a few years ago.
As for the CL, I haven't even seen a copy in a very long time. I do remember hearing a CL apologist 20 years ago bragging about how the CL critics couldn't do anything and to shut up. It looks like the CL critics did something.
@12:16 is correct. I loved when the media reported the news, rather than trying to invent the news. Just tell me what happened, and I will decide for myself (based on those facts) what my opinion should be. I don't need the media constantly telling me what my opinion should be.
If I send em' thee bucks, will they let me be a "CL-VIP".
why don't they do what the rest of the news media does, sit at home and read twitter. Then write stories about what was twit by some twat
But wait ... the C-L just increased my monthly print subscription rate last week & now it wants to deliver less?
I haven't saw a Clinton Body Shop commercial lately have they gone out of business ???
The hedge fund that bought Gannett was looking for a reason to go all digital and this pandemic did just that for them. They are interested ONLY in the bottom line and would not know a journalist from a gigolo. That click you hear in the front door being padlocked!
Furlough is the next (and necessary) step before layoff. Layoff is the next (and necessary) step prior to shut-down. Some of the employees will celebrate, thinking they've been gifted with a couple of days (up to a week) of unpaid vacation. Time to shop, chill, get away from the grind, maybe group-trip down to New Orleans, etc...then they'll wake up on the skreet.
In any economic environment.. the weakest companies go belly up very quickly..
It’s just the survival of the fittest.. it happens when you borrow money with no
Cash flow to service your debt. Nothing new here.
Post a Comment