Crushing it, is of course, good.
Self-crushing it, if you understand that I mean you're crushing yourself, not the field, is not good.
And, so it is with the Associated Press,
I guess the partnership with Taboola (NINE years ago!) wasn't enough. I guess the selling us shit of e-commerce wasn't enough. I guess whistling in the dark when Gannett, now USA Yesterday, and McLatchKey, said they were junking most AP services, wasn't enough.
Five weeks after offering buyouts to 120 or so staffers, and reportedly getting a yes on half those offers, the AP laid off 20 more last week.
The AP, taking a page from Hucksterman at Blue Satan a decade or more ago, says it's pivoting to video journalism.
The second story claims:
AP customers now are dominated by broadcast, digital and technology companies. Kristin Heitmann, senior vice president and chief revenue officer, said last month that the company had seen a 200% growth in revenue from technology companies over the same period.
Really? Didn't you admit in the past, when you tried to pretend away Gannett and McLatchKey, that you weren't really that dependent on newspapers, only to have that prove not to be the case globally?
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