SlatePay attention, Tribune COO
Randy Michaels: "If you use many, many, many words to make whatever point you may be trying to make or fact you are attempting to report, you will be considered more productive than another writer who takes pains to be concise -- that is, to use fewer words rather than more words."
Michael Kinsley (left) adds: "This Michaels is clearly a bright man. It won't be long before he figures out that you can have an equal number of advertising and editorial pages if you have none of either and simply stop publishing the paper. That way you won't have to employ any journalists at all." ||
Earlier: Randy Michaels says he's come up with a new way of measuring reporters' productivity.