Comments on: Hopeful buyer wants East Valley Tribune employees to reapply for their jobs

By: Layoffs hit hard at East Valley Tribune, newsroom cut by more than half | Heat City

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:08:49 +0000

[...] cuts hardly come as a surprise. Staffers were told for months that Miller planned to let go of some employees when he bought the newspaper from Freedom [...]

By: East Valley Tribune deal expands to include 2 sister papers in Phoenix area | Heat City

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:42:44 +0000

[...] the man who will take over the Phoenix-area newspapers. He has told employees of the Tribune to reapply for their jobs under his company and also told them about his plans should the deal go [...]

By: Not so fast: Why it’s too soon to call Randy Miller ‘boss’ at East Valley Tribune | Heat City

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:52:46 +0000

[...] toured its facilities. He introduced himself to the staff. He even handed out job applications across the building, telling employees to reapply for positions under his Thirteenth Street Media [...]

By: emilygersema

emilygersema — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:04:10 +0000

Daryl James, every time I've thought about your comment today I have started laughing so hard I have trouble stopping.

By: Nick R. Martin

Nick R. Martin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:09:53 +0000

The photograph does look a little bit like a fugitive's mugshot. But as far as I can surmise, he's simply a mild-mannered newspaper executive with a dream and a really worrisome job application.

By: The buyer of the East Valley Tribune is asking employees to reapply for their jobs | Phxated

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:33:31 +0000

[...] don’t look good. Nick Martin writes in Heat City: First, [Thirteenth Street Media owner Randy] Miller asked employees which position they are [...]

By: daryljames

daryljames — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:01:46 +0000

The only hole I see in this story is Nick's failure to explore the obvious relationship between Randy Miller and polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs.

By: daryljames

daryljames — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:30:15 +0000

Great story, Nick. It makes me wonder if a person can be nominated as “Worst Boss of the Year” if he isn't technically your boss yet.

By: Name

Name — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:15:01 +0000

oh, who would want to work for that cadaver? Yikes.

By: nixnox

nixnox — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:27:11 +0000

This is increasingly looking like the amateur hour; an acquisition done on the cheap.

The Tribune has done some great work in the past and can continue to do so in the future under the right circumstances.

Miller just needs to clean out the Libertarian cesspool in the editorial department.