Obummer
2015-01-05 20:09:44 UTC
A similar tactic we've seen of a few billionaires buying up good local
newspapers and then laying off reporters and staff to the point that the
paper is nothing but bird cage liner. Also similar to paid operatives
who flood usenet groups with off-topic nonsense to the point that any
intelligent discussion becomes impossible on a given issue. (thus I've
included alt.politics.immigration, a perfect example of this.).
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/28/obama-donor-in-process-of-buying-up-and-destroying-americas-top-pro-gun-media-outlets/?utm_source=co2hog
Employees of Obama donor Leo Hindery Jr.s media conglomerate Intermedia
Partners, which now owns most of the top gun-culture media outlets in
the country, believe that Hindery plans to gut and destroy all of them
as part of a business plan that has already led to numerous layoffs and
the virtual shuttering of prominent television production facilities in
Minnesota and Montana.
Hindery, who was in consideration to be President Barack Obamas
secretary of commerce, is managing partner of Intermedia Partners. The
New York-based media private equity fund owns Intermedia Outdoor
Holdings, which publishes 17 hunting, fishing, and shooting magazines,
including Guns & Ammo, Handguns, Gun Dog, Rifle Shooter and Shooting Times.
InterMedia Outdoor Holdings purchased the pro-gun hunting and fishing
network the Sportsman Channel in 2007, and is now in the process of
acquiring the Outdoor Channel, pending the federal governments approval
of last months merger between InterMedia Outdoors and Outdoor Channel
Holdings.
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InterMedia employees believe that Hindery, a Huffington Post blogger who
has contributed to numerous Democratic politicians including Andrew
Cuomo and Elizabeth Warren, is in the process of consolidating all of
Americas leading gun-culture media outlets and stripping them down to
virtual destruction.
Prior to its acquisition by InterMedia, the media brand Petersens
Hunting, the television arm of which is broadcast by the Sportsman
Channel, was housed in a beautiful facility in Baxter, Minnesota,
overlooking the Mississippi River. The facility had approximately 60
employees, a massive studio, at least nine editing bays and fully-wired
machine rooms and was conducting about four studio shoots per year with
a full production crew.
That facility now mostly consists of about 12 employees basic
administrative types, who think every day they go into work is going
to be their layoff day, according to an InterMedia employee who spoke
on condition of anonymity.
They have people working out of rental strip malls doing all of their
TV production, the source said.
Employees of the Baxter facility were offered the chance to move to
Peoria, Ill., which offers a tax credit to companies who create jobs
in town, in order to keep their employment.
That studio in Brainerd was a real staple in that community for years.
We used to joke that it was the Microsoft of Brainerd County. Everyone
was impressed if you worked there. You made money, you did well, you had
this dream life. Then Leo Hindery Jr. bought it and just completely
gutted it, said the employee. Its sad. I know a lot of good people in
Brainerd who lost their jobs and had their houses foreclosed on.
Petersens Hunting now has its entire TV production staff working out
of call centers in Peoria, according to the employee.
InterMedia also purchased a company called Barrett Productions in
Missoula, Mont., which was previously a thriving and well-respected
television production company. The Barrett facility is now gutted.
Theres nothing there but one intern slash production assistant and one
administrative type. All the production people are gone. Its a shell,
according to the employee.
Now that Hindery has the Outdoor Channel, hes in a position to
consolidate all of the major pro-Second Amendment media titles in this
country, strip them down, and destroy them, like venture capitalists do
sometimes, the employee said.
Many Outdoor Channel producers are scared shitless, realizing that the
careers they built are now in the hands of an Obama donor who is in the
process of breaking apart pro-gun media companies.
New York-based InterMedia Outdoors CEO Jeff Paro sent a memo to staff
Feb. 4 describing the merger.
Its hard to believe it has been several months since the announcement
of the IMO/SC and Outdoor Channel merger. It probably seems like it is
taking forever, but unfortunately, despite great progress, that is the
nature the beast. Since some time has passed, I just wanted to take a
moment and provide you with a brief update of where we are to date and
next steps for IMO over the next 4-6 weeks, Paro wrote.
Our registration for the new combined company was submitted to the SEC
several weeks ago and we are hopeful that we will see final approvals
soon. There will then be a short period of review by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) which is required for the cable nets and
then the merger ultimately will be subject to a formal vote by the
current Outdoor Channel Shareholders. When all is said and done the new
company, InterMedia Outdoor Holdings Inc. will be official. While you
never know, our expectations are that this process will get us to go by,
or around March 1st, Paro wrote.
So with this time frame as a target the management teams from SC/IMO
and OC have begun the process of evaluating and prioritizing our
integration strategy at launch. This process will accelerate over the
coming weeks as many of our senior managers have already been recruited
to participate on different integration teams. Most of the areas under
immediate consideration are on the TV side between SC and OC, but with
that said we have several groups forming to evaluate plans for some
exciting development opportunities in TV, Digital and Multimedia Sales
and Marketing, Paro wrote.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/28/obama-donor-in-process-of-buying-up-and-destroying-americas-top-pro-gun-media-outlets/#ixzz2MygmZhn3
newspapers and then laying off reporters and staff to the point that the
paper is nothing but bird cage liner. Also similar to paid operatives
who flood usenet groups with off-topic nonsense to the point that any
intelligent discussion becomes impossible on a given issue. (thus I've
included alt.politics.immigration, a perfect example of this.).
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/28/obama-donor-in-process-of-buying-up-and-destroying-americas-top-pro-gun-media-outlets/?utm_source=co2hog
Employees of Obama donor Leo Hindery Jr.s media conglomerate Intermedia
Partners, which now owns most of the top gun-culture media outlets in
the country, believe that Hindery plans to gut and destroy all of them
as part of a business plan that has already led to numerous layoffs and
the virtual shuttering of prominent television production facilities in
Minnesota and Montana.
Hindery, who was in consideration to be President Barack Obamas
secretary of commerce, is managing partner of Intermedia Partners. The
New York-based media private equity fund owns Intermedia Outdoor
Holdings, which publishes 17 hunting, fishing, and shooting magazines,
including Guns & Ammo, Handguns, Gun Dog, Rifle Shooter and Shooting Times.
InterMedia Outdoor Holdings purchased the pro-gun hunting and fishing
network the Sportsman Channel in 2007, and is now in the process of
acquiring the Outdoor Channel, pending the federal governments approval
of last months merger between InterMedia Outdoors and Outdoor Channel
Holdings.
Ads by Google
InterMedia employees believe that Hindery, a Huffington Post blogger who
has contributed to numerous Democratic politicians including Andrew
Cuomo and Elizabeth Warren, is in the process of consolidating all of
Americas leading gun-culture media outlets and stripping them down to
virtual destruction.
Prior to its acquisition by InterMedia, the media brand Petersens
Hunting, the television arm of which is broadcast by the Sportsman
Channel, was housed in a beautiful facility in Baxter, Minnesota,
overlooking the Mississippi River. The facility had approximately 60
employees, a massive studio, at least nine editing bays and fully-wired
machine rooms and was conducting about four studio shoots per year with
a full production crew.
That facility now mostly consists of about 12 employees basic
administrative types, who think every day they go into work is going
to be their layoff day, according to an InterMedia employee who spoke
on condition of anonymity.
They have people working out of rental strip malls doing all of their
TV production, the source said.
Employees of the Baxter facility were offered the chance to move to
Peoria, Ill., which offers a tax credit to companies who create jobs
in town, in order to keep their employment.
That studio in Brainerd was a real staple in that community for years.
We used to joke that it was the Microsoft of Brainerd County. Everyone
was impressed if you worked there. You made money, you did well, you had
this dream life. Then Leo Hindery Jr. bought it and just completely
gutted it, said the employee. Its sad. I know a lot of good people in
Brainerd who lost their jobs and had their houses foreclosed on.
Petersens Hunting now has its entire TV production staff working out
of call centers in Peoria, according to the employee.
InterMedia also purchased a company called Barrett Productions in
Missoula, Mont., which was previously a thriving and well-respected
television production company. The Barrett facility is now gutted.
Theres nothing there but one intern slash production assistant and one
administrative type. All the production people are gone. Its a shell,
according to the employee.
Now that Hindery has the Outdoor Channel, hes in a position to
consolidate all of the major pro-Second Amendment media titles in this
country, strip them down, and destroy them, like venture capitalists do
sometimes, the employee said.
Many Outdoor Channel producers are scared shitless, realizing that the
careers they built are now in the hands of an Obama donor who is in the
process of breaking apart pro-gun media companies.
New York-based InterMedia Outdoors CEO Jeff Paro sent a memo to staff
Feb. 4 describing the merger.
Its hard to believe it has been several months since the announcement
of the IMO/SC and Outdoor Channel merger. It probably seems like it is
taking forever, but unfortunately, despite great progress, that is the
nature the beast. Since some time has passed, I just wanted to take a
moment and provide you with a brief update of where we are to date and
next steps for IMO over the next 4-6 weeks, Paro wrote.
Our registration for the new combined company was submitted to the SEC
several weeks ago and we are hopeful that we will see final approvals
soon. There will then be a short period of review by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) which is required for the cable nets and
then the merger ultimately will be subject to a formal vote by the
current Outdoor Channel Shareholders. When all is said and done the new
company, InterMedia Outdoor Holdings Inc. will be official. While you
never know, our expectations are that this process will get us to go by,
or around March 1st, Paro wrote.
So with this time frame as a target the management teams from SC/IMO
and OC have begun the process of evaluating and prioritizing our
integration strategy at launch. This process will accelerate over the
coming weeks as many of our senior managers have already been recruited
to participate on different integration teams. Most of the areas under
immediate consideration are on the TV side between SC and OC, but with
that said we have several groups forming to evaluate plans for some
exciting development opportunities in TV, Digital and Multimedia Sales
and Marketing, Paro wrote.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/28/obama-donor-in-process-of-buying-up-and-destroying-americas-top-pro-gun-media-outlets/#ixzz2MygmZhn3