Financially, the paper is quite healthy
Financially, the paper is quite healthy (第2/3页)
edone-wayglassinhisofficedoor,andstandsbehinditlookingoutoverthenewsroom,frettingandgroaning.Recentlythepaperranthesamestocktableseverydayforaweek.Noonenoticed,noonecomplained.
Middlemanagementhasimploredtopmanagementtoalteritscourse.Topmanagementhasrespondedwithpostdatedguarantees,onaslidingscale.TheGuildisoffinacorner,whimpering.Thepressmenareholdinganunendingseriesofbirthdaypartiescommemoratingheroesoflabor.Reportersfiletheirstoriesasusual,butiftheyarecertainkindsofstoriestheydonotrun.Asmallexample:thepaperdidnotrunaHolidayWeekendDeathTollstoryafterLaborDaythisyear,thefirsttimesince1926noHolidayWeekendDeathTollstoryappearedinthepaperafterLaborDay(andthetotalwas,althoughnotarecord,asubstantialone).
Someelementsofthestaffarenotdepressed.Thepapersverycreativereal-estateeditorhasbeenafountainofideas,andhissections,fullofcolorpicturesofdesirablelivingarrangements,arechokedwithadvertisingandmaketheSundaypaperfat,fat,fat,fat.Morefoodwritershavebeenhired,andmoreclotheswriters,andmorefurniturewriters,andmoreplantwriters.Thebridge,whist,skat,cribbage,domino,andvingt-et-uncolumnistsareverypopular.
TheEditorsCaucushasonceagainappliedtomiddlemanagementfo
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