American Fortune Life
Chapter 706: The Rhythm of Forcing Your Peers to Die
The atmosphere in the conference room of the Standard Evening Newspaper was a little depressing, which was inevitable. After all, it was a new host. No one knew what would happen next, and the new owner would arrange the management of the original newspaper.
Placing the boss's affinity, saying or kicking off management, more exaggerated management blood exchange, is very likely to happen, you know that the handsome billionaire in front of you is not a good looking boss, decisive to kill, no merciless reports are not unheard of.
“Mm-hmm.” With Andy's serious expression, the air in the conference room seemed a little condensed, everyone looked at him, and the representative of the United Newspapers looked at him more seriously. Andy was very pleased with the effect, and the feeling of life and death and power was fascinating, and he also knew that the upper momentum of the successful was so slowly cultivated.
“Before the takeover, my think tank advised me that newspaper reform was needed, and that the standard newspaper industry after 182 was undoubtedly overstaffed in terms of the number of agency personnel in the sector. Despite the decline in paper media and the thriving Internet, an evening newspaper with a daily circulation of 500,000 copies, to date less than 200,000 sales volumes and a loss of £10 million a year, undoubtedly indicates that newspapers have a major problem. ”
Andy's words exposed people in the standard newspaper, everyone was worried about their future, and many people had already thought about the difficulties of being unemployed.
“However, I rejected the proposal for large-scale redundancies because the next newspaper reform would take a lot of people, and although many people would not face redundancy, I would not mind cutting him off if it were not acceptable to be adjusted and paid less. ”
“Hoo--”
The atmosphere of congestion in the conference room was significantly relieved after the Andy tone had fallen, and even a breath of relief could be heard.
“Today, just in the presence of representatives of the United Newspapers, my first decision was to lend £20 million to the newspapers individually to alleviate the financial crisis and to serve as a financial reserve to survive the cold winter of the financial crisis. After all, standard newspapers are now unable to lend from banks. ”
Andy's words left the management of the Standard Evening News blazed, but the representatives of the Associated Newspapers nodded impatiently, wondering if there would be a capital injection to dilute their shares.
Now it seems that this young man simply has no intention of dragging them to death without any effort, adding a debt burden to the standard evening paper, even if the future profits, the joint newspaper as a shareholder will not get a penny dividend, let alone power on the board, it seems that this young man doesn't give a shit about them, okay, become a mascot.
“The second, starting next week, will be the first official newspaper in the UK to change to a free newspaper... ”
Wow...
The conference room was so loud that everyone looked at the new boss in dismay that they seemed to want to make sure that they had heard it wrong.
“Yes, it's a free evening newspaper, just like the subway newspaper! ”
After Andy's blunt tone was reconfirmed, everyone's face was blurred, and the representative of the United Newspapers directly and blankly questioned: “As shareholders, we intend to do so. ”
“I don't need your opinion!” Andy looked at each other with cold eyes and interrupted the other's questioning directly, "and, while I was talking, don't interrupt me. You have to understand the rules, not now! ”
“YOU -" the red-faced co-newspaper represented anger, but there was no way, Andy Smith, the absolute big shareholder, could do whatever he wanted.
“I don't like rude people, we're in a meeting, you've obstructed the proper conduct of the meeting, please get out!” As Andy's somewhat disdainful voice dropped, the bodyguard sitting at the door stood up and walked up to each other with a cold breath.
“This gentleman, please! ”
“YOU -” black as the bottom of the pot, was invited out in the eyes of the people, wanted to yell a few words, but looked at the bodyguard like a giant tower, everything held back.
“Well, the irrelevant people are gone, the meeting continues.” Andy looked at the door of the conference room and closed it again, saying with no concern.
“I know that ending 180 years of paid history and becoming a free newspaper will be inconceivable, but to make a difference, we don't want the 50 pence, but the annual fee will bring us market share, and after a dramatic increase in distribution, relying on us for nearly 200 years of distribution history and influence will make advertising profitable.
At the same time, the national distribution is cancelled and future releases will be limited to Greater London and surrounding areas only! ”
The management of the standard newspapers in the conference room has become insane, and this reform is more subversive than layoffs, simply abandoning tradition, yes, almost 200 years old.
“Though it is free of charge, the content must not contain anything, our national and international news and the regional dominance of the London City of Finance must not give up, entertainment gossip, sports stories, life editions, some commentary articles, as well as comics and horoscope fortunes, none less.
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Before this week's edition begins, in order to have 12 subway lines covering London, 273 station lobbies will have dedicated free newspapers, and I will make Standard Evening Newspapers the most famous free newspaper in London... ”
Standard newspaper people stared, this Nima has less than 4 days, why rush...
“Boss... ”
Andy looked at Marlins, the standard newspaper manager who spoke, and he nodded down and said, "You say. ”
“Cough, boss, isn't 4 days a little too tight, after all, needs planning, manpower preparation... ”
Andy laughed and said he was waiting for you to ask. “Otherwise, why do you think I don't do mass layoffs to curtail the flow?
Aren't the rest of us all manpower, except reporters, editors and the necessary personnel? Establish a new department, the Market Development Department, if you don't want to be cut, enter the Development Department, publish it every afternoon at 4: 00, and distribute it to the metro stations, bus stations, and office building. ”
“ ”All the conference rooms were silent.
Andy looked at Dougville, the editor-in-chief with the most tangled colors, and said, "Doug, I want you to keep this under control. ”
“Understood, boss. ”
Seeing the other party's serious nod, Andy nodded satisfactorily and turned to the head of the advertising department, “Your advertising department needs to be expanded, newspaper personnel can be drawn up without hiring, after the newspaper starts to be free, our advertising contract needs to be reformulated, the advertising department will become the most important department of the newspaper in the future, I hope you don't disappoint me, I hope to see results in three months! ”
The Mediterranean director of the advertising department was overwhelmed. He was a smart man and naturally heard what the new boss meant. He replied with some excitement: "Rest assured, our advertising department will not disappoint you. ”
“Then we'll see!” Andy took his eyes back and watched newspaper manager Marlins continue: "Starting this year, the Standard Evening Theatre Award, which is 50 years old. The 30-year-old Annual Bar Standard Evening News Award and the Standard Evening News British Film Award, which are three awards of great influence in the Commonwealth, are undoubtedly a tremendous asset to the standard newspaper, with tremendous potential to tap, previously limited in funding and not on a scale I understand, but starting this year, don't let me down.
By the way, perhaps the bar of the year will be a little outdated, so you can consider adding new elements, nightclubs, famous DJs, let the reader vote, increase interaction, and increase the number of young readers! ”
Marlins' inner heart is caught in a cold bitterness, hearing the new boss's words, couldn't help but brighten his eyes, this is definitely a very reliable idea, you know the three standard evening newspaper awards are very influential, especially the theatre awards, fully able to make the stars shine and allow the big stars to attend, only the annual loss, the newspaper has no extra capacity at all, can only shrink funds annually, pull sponsorship, support by TV station.
Now that the new boss attaches such importance, it is undoubtedly the best way to increase the influence of the standard newspaper. As long as it is well funded, it can definitely be done. There are more stars coming, the viewership rate naturally becomes, and the advertising becomes more.
The meeting lasted more than two hours, after which all management voiced their opinions and refined the details of the reforms. After that, a group of people rushed back to their respective departments to convey the central idea of the new boss.
On that day, there was undoubtedly an important turnaround in the 182-year-old standard newspaper, changing its name from national xing to "regional xing” and adding “London” to become the London Standard Evening News; the sale was changed to free reading and published only five days a week, Monday to Friday.