Comments on: Ex-newspaper employees’ buy-out money used to compete against newspaper http://steveouting.com/2009/02/06/ex-newspaper-employees-buy-out-money-used-to-compete-against-newspaper/ Journalist, consultant, entrepreneur ... Musings on digital media, Web 2.0/3.0, & news in the Internet era Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Printed Matters » The j-people will rise http://steveouting.com/2009/02/06/ex-newspaper-employees-buy-out-money-used-to-compete-against-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-18939 Printed Matters » The j-people will rise Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:04:02 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=658#comment-18939 [...] has already begun to happen in some cities in the [...] [...] has already begun to happen in some cities in the [...]

]]> By: Lewis Dvorkin http://steveouting.com/2009/02/06/ex-newspaper-employees-buy-out-money-used-to-compete-against-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-16933 Lewis Dvorkin Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:41:22 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=658#comment-16933 steve, my name is lewis dvorkin. i'm the founder and ceo of TrueSlant.com, a new news network funded by forbes media and velocity interactive group. i've commented on your site, and i just read the post on laid off journalists starting up a new operation. at True/Slant, in alpha now and soon to go into beta, we have a news platform that might be very interesting to lots of journalists eager to start something new or to build their own digital brand. i'd love to chat. i can be reached at dvorkin@trueslant.com. steve,

my name is lewis dvorkin. i’m the founder and ceo of TrueSlant.com, a new news network funded by forbes media and velocity interactive group. i’ve commented on your site, and i just read the post on laid off journalists starting up a new operation. at True/Slant, in alpha now and soon to go into beta, we have a news platform that might be very interesting to lots of journalists eager to start something new or to build their own digital brand. i’d love to chat. i can be reached at dvorkin@trueslant.com.

]]> By: Paul Briand http://steveouting.com/2009/02/06/ex-newspaper-employees-buy-out-money-used-to-compete-against-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-16840 Paul Briand Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:37:06 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=658#comment-16840 Check out GlobalPost: http://www.globalpost.com/ It was created by Phil Balboni, who created New England Cable News, and Charlie Sennott, late of the Boston Globe. They've created a news service compromised of mostly displaced newspaper reporters. Check out GlobalPost:
http://www.globalpost.com/

It was created by Phil Balboni, who created New England Cable News, and Charlie Sennott, late of the Boston Globe. They’ve created a news service compromised of mostly displaced newspaper reporters.

]]> By: Richard Klicki http://steveouting.com/2009/02/06/ex-newspaper-employees-buy-out-money-used-to-compete-against-newspaper/comment-page-1/#comment-16680 Richard Klicki Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:41:48 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=658#comment-16680 The real irony will come when the newspaper -- realizing they have a hole to fill -- contracts with this new news service to fill that hole. It's no different than a company like IBM laying off engineers, then later hiring them as independent contractors. It fulfills a corporate need without paying those pesky employee benefits. I wish these folks the best and hope they succeed. It's nice to see someone trying to make a difference! The real irony will come when the newspaper — realizing they have a hole to fill — contracts with this new news service to fill that hole.

It’s no different than a company like IBM laying off engineers, then later hiring them as independent contractors. It fulfills a corporate need without paying those pesky employee benefits.

I wish these folks the best and hope they succeed. It’s nice to see someone trying to make a difference!

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