Everyone:
All good things in life come to an end sooner or later, even my love affair with the Daily News.
What will always be with me is my love and respect for all of you. You've shown in the last two plus years just how talented and capable you are working together -- so capable you've made me obsolete. Under the circumstances, I'll always be grateful for that. Doug Hanes will be announcing my successor on Monday and I hope you will give that person the same effort and support you've given me. You have made this into a real newspaper with a soul and passion and creativity and shown your commitment to discover how this newspaper, any newspaper, can survive in the digital age. I know it can be done and I wish you all the best in whatever you, wherever the road leads you.
Thanks for everything, these have been the happiest and most fulfilling years of my life. Keep the faith, love always.
RonHere's the response from Daily News publisher Doug "Doug E. Fresh" Hanes
First of all, let me express my thanks and gratitude to Ron Kaye for the 23 years of service to the Daily News. Ron has made numerous contributions to this newspaper as well as to the many communities we serve. Ron inspired achievement in a challenging way in a news media environment. We will miss you Ron and wish you all the best for you and your family.
Please be advised that on Monday, April 7th at 10:00 a.m. I would like to invite each one of you to attend a short meeting in the newsroom to announce Ron's successor, who will be in attendance. Following that meeting, there will be a press release issued.
I look forward to working with all of you as we move the Daily News forward in a positive growth direction that will increase our readership, advertising and market share. These are difficult but exciting times as well. I'm very optimistic that with your help we will continue to grow our core, online and niche products. Our biggest challenge is how to accelerate our way into developing programs that will be rich in local content that inspires readership leading to aggregating new audiences. Big challenge but we will be successful as a team.
Have a good weekend.
Best Regards,
Doug Hanes
Wow! Ron resigns on Friday and a replacement is named on Monday! I guess you just go outside and pick another editor of the Editor Tree. Anyway, seems like a lot of this is over the internet's impact on un-innovative publishers who failed to embrace it, and don't do it the right way, when they do decide to embrace it...they suck wind.
But looks like Ron isn't blaming himself for the lack of innovation, but the publisher who is blaming Ron:
zuma dogg: my own view is far less charitable to newspaper corporations and
their failure to respond to television 50 years ago let alone the internet
15 years ago, cheers ron - Ron Kay (1/30/08 in response to ZD saying newspapers are non-innovative and that's why they are in trouble.)
Now...more than ever...
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This week marks the historic anniversary of Zuma Dogg's first appearance at City Hall for public comment over Venice Beach Ordinance 42.15. Thanks to Matt Dowd for dragging me there. (Well, not exactly "thanks", but "acknowledgment".) And to add to the triumphantness, those spineless cowards (Los Angeles City Council) will be repealing the ordinance and replacing it with the changes we f*ckin' told them to make. HA, those dumb-asses are going to have to vote on Wednesday declaring that we kicked their asses off Venice Beach. Sorry Douchetonio Viagraosa. Go screw a news reporter who is covering you -- or an appointed commissioner, Mr. Family Values Mayor. And next time you see me, don't extend your hand for me to shake...don't put your arm around me when you cameras are rolling...just bend down and kiss my ass. (Oh wait, you don't have to bend down...just kiss it!)
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