American Fortune Life

"For a long time, most online news has been regarded as a "free lunch" by the audience. Whether a "paywall" should be built between the media and the audience has always been an enduring topic in the global news circle.

However, going from free to paid will lead to a decrease in the overall audience of the media, and the number of website visits will drop to freezing point, so paid reading is impossible. Like general newspapers, the only way out is to make profits in the form of free advertising. . . "

Andy tore off the check, and while talking about his opinion, handed the check to Alisa who was a little excited.

Alisa took the check, feeling really mixed feelings. The original parent company was desperately withdrawing blood from the "Herald", laying off staff to reduce expenses, and the new boss injected 10 million without saying a word. The newspaper's stretched funds have been supplemented. Really, being with the boss is really more important than anything else!

"Boss, charging for the website is absolutely unacceptable. In Miami, we are the largest newspaper, and we have almost no competitors. Once the fee is charged, the website traffic will be lost, and the advertising investment of the website will also be hit hard.

Don't worry, Boss, with your capital injection, we can start next year's subscription promotions ahead of schedule, while stabilizing old customers, we can also add new subscribers, and soon the subscription volume can return to its original level. I have confidence! "

Andy looked at the confident Alisa, nodded with a slight smile and said: "Then I'll wait and see, I still say the same thing, I won't use the newspaper office as an ATM, it can make money, and I won't be stingy with bonuses." .”

Speaking of which, Andy stood up, and continued to say to Alisa who also stood up: "Let's go, take me to familiarize myself with the newspaper office."

Leaving the meeting room, Andy took his little assistant, and under the introduction of Alisa, he was familiar with the layout of the various departments of the newspaper. When they came to the newsroom, they just showed up at the door, and hundreds of employees in the entire editing room all stood at the same place. Get up and start applauding the arrival of the new boss.

The fear of layoffs coming again, the anxiety of being unemployed, and the nervousness completely dissipated after the good news brought back by the editor-in-chief Anders Gyllenhaal. Of course, gossip and gossip are indispensable, although discussing the new boss's gossip is a bit of a murderous suspicion.

So when someone saw the new boss walking towards the newsroom, he ran back early to notify everyone, and this was the scene of a standing ovation.

With a bright smile on his face, Andy stretched out his hand to press it, waited until the applause fell, walked to the middle of the hall, looked around in a circle, and then raised his voice and said: "The most influential newspaper in South Florida... Sensitive, impartial, and passionate, he not only forged the state law of freedom of press and speech, but also shaped the spirit of Miami that is not afraid of power.

Ok, now we've got a little trouble. . . However, it’s okay, because I’m here, and with my love for newspapers, I’m here to create the glory of the Miami Herald again with you! "

"Wow—"

Everyone in the editorial room seemed to be pumped with chicken blood, and applauded frantically with their faces flushed. The most proud of the newspaper, the lawsuit against the freedom of the press of the First Amendment to the US Constitution in 1974 was filed by the new boss. , the sense of pride and identification with the new boss is at its peak at this moment.

"Create brilliant again!"

"Create brilliant again!"

. . . . . .

"Boss, welcome, my name is Bob, I am your book fan, it is an honor to work for you..."

"Boss, my name is Nate..."

"I'm just John..."

Andy was surrounded by enthusiastic employees, people were constantly introducing themselves, reaching out to shake hands with Andy, and Andy also nodded to everyone with a calm smile, reaching out and shaking hands with everyone, let everyone present Everyone feels that the new boss is easy-going and friendly, rather than the kind of indifference and aloofness full of insurmountable distance.

It was fun and the atmosphere was warm, sweeping away the uneasy feeling of being traded by the newspaper office,

Of course, these people should be grateful that they have experienced a major layoffs before, otherwise, they will face a new boss in another state.

Well, Andy should also thank McClatchy Newspaper Group for being a bad guy first, so that he can go into battle with ease and be a good boss!

After leaving the newspaper office, Andy sat in the car with a bright smile on his face, looking at the newspaper building outside the car window, he suddenly turned to look at the little assistant and asked, "Say, how about I change the newspaper building into a casino hotel?" ?”

"what?"

Tori was a little dazed by the question at first, and his eyes were a little blank, but he quickly reacted, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, looked out the window at the cuboid building with an invincible sea view, and couldn't help but smiled wryly: "The current Florida law It seems that only aboriginal areas are allowed to operate small casinos. If you want to build it, Miami must first amend the law, and Disney will definitely jump out to oppose it..."

"Huh?!" Andy looked at the little assistant who surprised him with an admiring expression, and said with a smile, "Hehe, it's not easy. You can think of this, but you have grown up."

Tori couldn't help but blushed and explained: "I read the news some time ago, and it seems that Disneyland asked to ban the casinos because some aboriginal casinos in Orlando ruined the image of the tourism industry, so I..."

"Hehe, that's how it is. It's not easy. I actually know that I'm doing information storage. That's what I mean by being an assistant. Keep working hard." Andy shook his head and laughed, but he was not stingy about complimenting Tori, who was delicious and lazy. She has some motivation to move forward.

Sure enough, upon hearing the big devil's praise, Tori's beautiful eyes turned into crescents, and he was very happy. If he had a tail, he would definitely wag it. Resentment about being sent to sleep in another room last night also dissipated.

At the same time, Andy Smith's purchase of South Florida at a price of 260 million US dollars has a history of 100 years, and the news of Miami's largest circulation English-language newspaper "Miami Herald" spread rapidly.

Although the news that Andy wanted to acquire the newspaper was not new, the completion of the deal still caused a lot of repercussions, and at the same time, other newspaper companies that were struggling saw a new path.

Due to declining circulation and plummeting advertising revenue, the crisis in the newspaper industry is spreading, and people even worry that the print media will one day die. At this time, Andy Smith, a young billionaire, went against the trend and bought many paper media for real money, which made it difficult for many people to understand.

However, the media industry has mixed feelings about this. It is only a matter of time before the new king of the media takes the throne. As long as the acquisition of NBC Universal is completed, he will become the new king on par with News Corporation.

The news of the completion of the acquisition also stimulated the three parties at the same time. They had different thoughts and entangled with each other after reading the report.

On one side is General Electric, which made the M\u0026A negotiations into a tug-of-war. Seeing the stock price plummeting after a few days of improvement, they are suffering. If the M\u0026A agreement can be reached, the stock price will definitely stop falling. Rebound, but General Electric is really unwilling to let go of this good opportunity to take advantage of Andy Smith, a fat sheep with a lot of cash in his hand.

However, as Andy started to make acquisitions, General Electric became a little anxious. They were really afraid of offending the local tycoon and terminated the negotiation. . .

On the other side are the members of the board of directors of Tribune, who received the acquisition letter at the same time. Now that they see the acquisition news, their mood is not to mention how entangled and depressed.

However, soon they don't need to be entangled and depressed, because the union representative of the last party "Los Angeles Times" brought an 'ultimatum', and must come up with a plan to solve the pension debt before getting off work in the afternoon. As a result, the union will lead the newspaper staff to go on strike starting tomorrow!