Despite Recent Gains, the Inky Changes Circulation Directors
Philadelphia Media Holdings, the parent company of both the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News, has replaced circulation director Mike Proebstle with relatively recent hire Jim Gregory.
The timing of Proebstle’s departure is particularly curious: The Inquirer and Daily News were among the few newspapers in America to post small circulation gains when the latest industry figures were reported early this month.
Reached by telephone, Proebstle declined to comment.
Gregory has been with PMH only since April. He previously worked for 25 years at the Courier-Post, where current Philly Media Holdings VP Mark Frisby served as publisher from 2001 until he joined the Philly papers roughly one year ago. Frisby announced Gregory’s promotion earlier this week in a staff memo that never even mentions Proebstle, who, according to a bio still available online, “started with Philadelphia Newspapers in January 2002 and during his over 4 years of tenure has consistently achieved market share gains versus the other print media in the marketplace.”
Frisby, Tierney and Gregory did not return calls requesting an interview. — Steve Volk
November 29th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Related??? others are out too.
http://www.phillyfuture.org/node/5714
November 29th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
MIKE PROEBSTLE WAS A GREAT WORKER HE CARED ABOVE AND BEYOND. HE WAS A GREAT WORKER, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER LOST A GOOD MAN AND I HOPE THEY FAIL NOW…..WHY DON’T COMPANIES APPRECIATE GOOD WORKERS ANYMORE…WE ARE NOR A DIME A DOZEN, PEOPLE WHO ARE TRUE TO THIER JOBS GET CRAPPED ON AND THE ONES WHO DO NOTHING REAP THE BENEFITS…WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA…TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES BETTER AND MAYBE CHINA ETC. WON’T BE TAKING OVER OUR BUSINESSES
November 30th, 2007 at 8:57 am
That’s the way Gannett does it. People just disappear, never to be mentioned again.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Get ready for a huge restatement cutting down bogus circulation numbers these guys oversaw when ABC auditors finish their work … the slight gains will turn into huge declines.