Time Warner Cable plans to create 200 to 250 regional jobs as it absorbs 564,000 existing Adelphia and Comcast subscribers.

 

Stephen Fry, president of Time Warner's Northeast Ohio division, said today that the new employees would join about 2,000 that the company has now or stands to inherit as part of a major cable industry shuffle that involves three of the nation's largest providers.

 

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Yeah they'll add 500 after they gut what is already here and move the "HQ" from Akron to Cleveland.  its gonna be ugly before its pretty!

hmm i didnt even realize the HQ was in Akron.  it does sound kinda vague with this 200 "regional" jobs thing

Yeah they'll add 500 after they gut what is already here and move the "HQ" from Akron to Cleveland.  its gonna be ugly before its pretty!

 

??  so what's going to happen?

Yeah they'll add 500 after they gut what is already here and move the "HQ" from Akron to Cleveland.  its gonna be ugly before its pretty!

 

??  so what's going to happen?

 

Its an intergration/HR issue now....out of my hands.  I was "cut out" of the loop months ago.

Does this relate to the botched headquarters move a few months ago that you mentioned??

 

Yeah they'll add 500 after they gut what is already here and move the "HQ" from Akron to Cleveland.  its gonna be ugly before its pretty!

 

??  so what's going to happen?

 

Its an intergration/HR issue now....out of my hands.  I was "cut out" of the loop months ago.

 

 

Cable takeover will mean new jobs

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Henry J. Gomez

Plain Dealer Reporter

 

Time Warner Cable plans to create 200 to 250 regional jobs as it absorbs 564,000 existing Adelphia and Comcast subscribers.

 

Stephen Fry, president of Time Warner's Northeast Ohio division, said the new employees will join about 2,000 the company already has or will inherit as part of a major cable industry shuffle that involves three of the nation's largest providers.

 

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Does this relate to the botched headquarters move a few months ago that you mentioned??

 

 

Pretty much! The HQ will stay in CT, but the admisration/Tech/backoffice support & disastor recovery (now in Charlotte) would have moved to Cleveland.  Unofficially (as i dont have finaly subscriber numbers) NE Ohio is TWC fourth largest market behind NYC, LA & Houston (although it most likely be larger than Houston when the shakeout is done)

 

All I "know" is there will be full out (gorilla) marketing/branding and TW will be shoved down the mouths of Clevelanders (NE Ohioans), which my group helped create. 

 

These are the things that one of my departments has been working on with the Akron group and the "new" group in Clevland.  Corporate Responsibility will most likely get into the growth association and mayors office.  Now that is official, its in the hands of the "operations, mergers and acquisiton & strategic planning" folks at corporate and the TWC Division folks, I am unsure as to what will really happen..but here is a guess based on what work I'd already done.

 

TWC - Already fighting about the name "Time Warent Cable of Cleveland" or "Time Warner of NorthEast Ohio".  My choice was TWC-Cleveland with a subtitle of NEOhio.  Will most likely try to put out a channel in cleveland sort of like NY1 (www.ny1.com); Road Runner ads/marketing will increase to fight with SBC and ATT.

 

- HBO will sponosor "movies on the mall"; an office in Phily could potentially move to Cleveland

 

- Warner Entertainment will shove the CW on anything they can and leverage the HUGE DC Comics fan base Cleveland has - and you know why.  We even wanted to PERMANETLY base the Superman - Man of Steel exhibit in Cleveland.  Major sponsor of Film Festival

 

- AOL/AIM/Mapquest/Moviefone will increase "coverage";  the "cityguide" stuff (you know..those stupid polls, restaurant reviews, bar reviews, etc.) Which I do advise folks to take as it put advertising dollars into city and makes the places your rate/review that much more visible from a local standpoint. AOL on Campus

 

-Turners Cartoon network ties in with Warner and DC Comics as well at turner sports (cleveland is a sports city) will try to jump on the action.  CNN closure/relocation North;  CNN Experience & TW Branded Store (ties in the Superman Exhibit)

 

Time Inc - Tons of mag events with editors from the various 140 mags; there has been rumblings of the chicago office moving east "one city" and the detroit office being closed;  AMex Publishing (Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure, Golf) loves Clevelands food scene but hates the hotels, will do focus pieces; Essence magazine does many events in Cleveland as african american womens target audience, Cleveland AA women rate high.  Sponsor Film Festival;  Time Inc on Campus editions;  People in Espanol to work to improve audience.

 

and any outdoor event, museum (be a part of the reopening), Historic venue (west side market & Shaker Sq.) or corporate collaboration (RTAs - TimeWarner Train) where we can slap a name plate you'll see us to let people know TimeWarner is in Cleveland.

 

This is just the basics.  :|  its like my baby is being snatched from me  :cry:

I'm not sure if this was addressed earlier in any posts, but I was curious if anyone knew where Adelphia and Comcast house their respective office staff, whether its Downtown or in the Suburbs.  I guess I'll also ask if anyone knows where Time Warner intends to locate their office staff (or expand if they already have a local presence).