Comments on: Irving really doesn’t like competition http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/14/irving-really-doesnt-like-competition/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fagstein » Goodbye Free Press http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/14/irving-really-doesnt-like-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-47169 Fagstein » Goodbye Free Press Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:29:46 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/14/irving-really-doesnt-like-competition/#comment-47169 [...] year after a former publisher for an Irving-owned New Brunswick weekly left and started a competing paper, that paper (the Carleton Free Press) has been forced to close down. Might have something to do [...] [...] year after a former publisher for an Irving-owned New Brunswick weekly left and started a competing paper, that paper (the Carleton Free Press) has been forced to close down. Might have something to do [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/14/irving-really-doesnt-like-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Anonymous Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:22:01 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/14/irving-really-doesnt-like-competition/#comment-2366 Mlodecki's response to CBC publishing the affadavits is fascinating. In his own words he reveals that they paid Windsor 2.3 million for his flyer business in 2001 with a 5 year non-compete agreement which Windsor honored... and now Irving has a 1 million dollar price tag on putting him out of business??? Whose unethical?? Mlodecki refers to Whiting as an "experienced, qualified and valued" employee and in the very next sentence states that her affadavit is fictitious and ridiculous?? What exactly is it the Irvings value? Langdon was with BNI for 10 years, the last 4 as editor? Must've been promoted... must've been an experienced, qualified and valued employee... So much so that BNI offered him a 3 year non-compete agreement. His expertise must've posed some sort of threat. What?.. and had BNI documents while he was still employed by BNI. Who cares? He was still employed by BNI. The crime here is in the Irving's wasting tax payer's dollars in the court systems. Mlodecki's response to CBC publishing the affadavits is fascinating. In his own words he reveals that they paid Windsor 2.3 million for his flyer business in 2001 with a 5 year non-compete agreement which Windsor honored... and now Irving has a 1 million dollar price tag on putting him out of business??? Whose unethical??
Mlodecki refers to Whiting as an "experienced, qualified and valued" employee and in the very next sentence states that her affadavit is fictitious and ridiculous?? What exactly is it the Irvings value?
Langdon was with BNI for 10 years, the last 4 as editor? Must've been promoted... must've been an experienced, qualified and valued employee... So much so that BNI offered him a 3 year non-compete agreement. His expertise must've posed some sort of threat.
What?.. and had BNI documents while he was still employed by BNI. Who cares? He was still employed by BNI.
The crime here is in the Irving's wasting tax payer's dollars in the court systems.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/14/irving-really-doesnt-like-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 Anonymous Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:13:08 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/10/14/irving-really-doesnt-like-competition/#comment-2162 It's always nice to add a llittle fact to the fantasy. Two points: Langdon had previously successfully created and expanded a viable local advertiser in the Woodstock area. So successfully,in fact, that Irving bought him out and took over (and to this day maintains) the advertiser that Langdon created. In light of this, the position of Irving that Langdon "needed" the product of learnings in order to create a viable competitive publication is ludicrous. Secondly, given the tremendous expectations for productivity that Irving has of all employees, it is unimaginable that Langdon would NOT have important documents on his personal PC. Frankly, 14 hour working days usually happen partly in the office, and partly in the home- in all sectors, not just media. Let's face it. This case is about the audacity of an employee to challenge, on any level, the great Irving empire. On a final note: to BNB......competition is legal/predatory pricing is both unethical and illegal. Enough said. It's always nice to add a llittle fact to the fantasy.

Two points:
Langdon had previously successfully created and expanded a viable local advertiser in the Woodstock area. So successfully,in fact, that Irving bought him out and took over (and to this day maintains) the advertiser that Langdon created.

In light of this, the position of Irving that Langdon "needed" the product of learnings in order to create a viable competitive publication is ludicrous.

Secondly, given the tremendous expectations for productivity that Irving has of all employees, it is unimaginable that Langdon would NOT have important documents on his personal PC. Frankly, 14 hour working days usually happen partly in the office, and partly in the home- in all sectors, not just media.

Let's face it. This case is about the audacity of an employee to challenge, on any level, the great Irving empire. On a final note: to BNB......competition is legal/predatory pricing is both unethical and illegal. Enough said.

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