SURE, the big news of the day was the shake-up at 900 Front; even bigger news was way off the radar except 415 Media has the goods...(Before I proceed: personal issues dictated the black pattern on screen for three days --I'll explain sometime sooner or later but I'm in sort of a no man's land, please bear with me.)
*They're will be MORE personnel moves at KGO-TV (ABC7) because Disney isn't happy, especially the ho-hum November sweeps which weren't that bad but mediocre plus and that's not acceptable.
KGO staffers: keep this phrase on your phone: "Blue Box" and do NOT forget it. Remember: BLUE BOX. That's all I can say for now.
*KTVU GM, Gregg Kelley was the subject of a Fox version of "Internal Affairs"--higher-up suits who asked a lot of questions recently and came to the conclusion, essentially, that being a big jerk who lacks people skills isn't enough to rid the Oakland O and O of a GM. Kelley is hated by a lot of people at KTVU but since the numbers are good (KTVU killed in the November Sweeps) and seems to be running a tight ship, there's no place to go except Jack London Square. He may be an asshole but Fox likes assholes.
Moreover, Kelley has anointed HR Boss, Chris Nohr, as his disciple --she's been at Channel 2 for almost 40 years and apparently has been given full authority to watch (and listen) over the little people --like, oh, making life miserable for the staff; that should go over great at the Christmas party.
KTVU may be ratings nirvana and the bottom line is great but many folks are unhappy and feeling quite morose. I wouldn't be surprised if the holiday party was attended by a few morsels and that on the night of the affair, several people say they had headaches and couldn't make it. It's that bad.
By the way, those 7 million promos you see KTVU airing with a bunch of happy people are little more than propaganda pieces; behind the scenes, there's unease and mass anxiety. Oh, and yes, PARANOIA too.
The GM and HR Boss continue searching some staff e-mails and cell phone records in search of the leakers ...they need not bother to look for my sources, I will come clean now. It's Smokey the Bear.
If Disney isn't happy about ratings during sweeps, the only ones affected there is news and promotions. Programming is run by the network, so performance there is a non-issue. Things that can be changed is how you promote the network shows and who handles the news. So...promoting the ND to GM makes no sense if ratings suck, Rich.
ReplyDeleteAt KGO-TV, Ashley, Daetz, and the sports bozo, Beale, need to go for spying on the internet usage of ordinary citizens. The low life trash have twisted, perverted, voyeristic tendencies and don't belong in positions of responsibility. Complicit, knew what they were doing, and reveled in this hurtful, and intrusive behavior willingly which was an invasion of privacy and caused emotional distress and psychological torment. These people do not deserve to be employed when they can intentionally inflict pain on innocent people by evesdropping on other's internet connections and private communications with the intention to hurt, demean, humiliate, damage psychologically, and cause emotional distress.
ReplyDeleteKRON and KNBR do that too. Never send them an email.
DeleteDisagree, let these "less work, more pay" types get found out.
DeleteEmbrace the future, automation and syndication will drive wages down. It's all good = progress.
As we no longer worry about the plight of the horseshoer when the auto arrived, I could give a damn about radio and t.v. types not adapting.
ABC 7 ratings are trending down because mornings are keys to the kingdom. Tracey F-ed that up by taking sides in the Natasha versus Jennifer versus Kristen versus Daetz showdown. Its a stiletto civil war!
ReplyDeleteTrending down...The Reggie contamination continues!
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