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To: Ron who wrote (161622)	2/24/2009 11:08:27 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362368

The failure of Katrina was using haphazard private industry instead of coordinated government agencies. They used government agencies in Gustav and they worked well. Jindal is going to turn down 100 million in unemployment for his constituants. That is crazy. Peopel lose their jobs and they need to eat and this is a depression for gods sake! They need to tar and feather him-lol.

To: Ron who wrote (161622)	2/24/2009 11:11:45 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362368

Conservative columnist David Brooks was not impressed with Jindal's response tonight...fyi... Just Awful As I said, I thought Jindal's comments and presentation was just weird and cringy and awful. But I'm told by multiple readers that David Brooks totally unloaded on Jindal's speech on PBS. We'll try to track down more details. --Josh Marshall talkingpointsmemo.com

To: Ron who wrote (161622)	2/25/2009 6:03:20 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362368

Hearst Threat to Close Chronicle Underscores ‘Terrible’ Climate By Greg Bensinger Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Hearst Co.’s plan to close or sell its San Francisco Chronicle newspaper unless it can cut more jobs signals that the industry’s advertising sales may be headed to new lows. The publisher, already trying to sell its Seattle Post- Intelligencer, yesterday said it would seek voluntary buyouts for a “significant” number of its 1,500 employees after it lost $50 million last year. The announcement follows two newspaper owners filing for bankruptcy protection since Feb. 21. Publishers including New York Times Co. and Gannett Co. are cutting costs and seeking to sell assets after forecasting further declines in print advertising sales. Philadelphia Newspapers LLC, publisher of the Inquirer, and Journal Register Co. filed for bankruptcy protection to reorganize their debt. “Metro newspapers are facing a terrible environment in long-run terms,” said Paul Steiger, a former Wall Street Journal managing editor and director of the nonprofit news Web site ProPublica. “You’ve got to hope for economic recovery, but you’ve got to hope for a better business model, too.” San Francisco may be the first large U.S. city to lose its main daily newspaper if Hearst isn’t successful within a few weeks to get the buyouts it is seeking. “The Chronicle plays an important role in our civic life and we don’t want to see this treasured institution close its doors,” San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said yesterday in a statement. Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune Industrywide print advertising sales suffered their worst plunge in at least 37 years in the third quarter, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Newspapers haven’t managed a gain since the first three months of 2006. Miami Herald-publisher McClatchy Co., Media General Inc. and New York Times halted their dividend to cope and Gannett cut about 4,000 jobs last year. New York Times is looking for buyers of its minority stake in the Boston Red Sox baseball team. Tribune Co.’s bankruptcy filing in December was followed last month by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Tribune has been cutting jobs and costs at its eight dailies, which include the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. Seattle and Tucson, Arizona, where Gannett is trying to sell its Citizen newspaper, both have two competing for-charge dailies. Clarity Media Group distributes its free Examiner daily in San Francisco. Hearst said Jan. 9 it would close or turn its Seattle Post- Intelligencer into a Web-only operation if it couldn’t find a buyer by March. The newspaper lost $14 million last year. Union Talks E.W. Scripps Co. said Dec. 4 that it was seeking a buyer for Denver-based Rocky Mountain News and its share of a joint operating agreement with MediaNews Group Inc.’s Denver Post. Cincinnati-based Scripps said closure is among the options it would consider for the unprofitable newspaper if no acceptable bid comes in. A Hearst spokesman, Paul Luthringer, said the publisher may close the 145-year-old Chronicle if it doesn’t find enough takers for the buyouts. He declined to give a timetable or to say how many job cuts Hearst hopes to obtain. The publisher will have to reach agreement with the Chronicle’s unions on the job cuts, Luthringer said. The newspaper will seek layoffs from its non-union staff as well. Circulation at the Chronicle, the 12th-largest newspaper in terms of distribution, fell 7.1 percent in the six months through September, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Hearst said yesterday it expects the newspaper’s loss to widen this year. “This has to happen quickly,” Mark Adkins, the Chronicle’s president, told newsroom staff yesterday. “We are talking about days and weeks.” The newspaper’s editor, Ward Bushee, said he wasn’t aware of any potential buyers for the paper. “Don’t expect anyone to buy it,” said Ken Doctor, an analyst with media consultant Outsell Inc. in Burlingame, California. To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Bensinger in New York at gbensinger1@bloomberg.net Last Updated: February 25, 2009 00:01 EST