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"Is it a little anxious to cut staff right now?"

Amanda stood in front of Andy, helping him to tie his tie, and frowned.

"There will not be large-scale layoffs, and we will just use the excuse that the media business will cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars every year to kick off some stumbling blocks, otherwise how to insert our people, only middle management is the cornerstone of an enterprise, well, Come on, don't let others wait for a long time. This is also the first day of your new career. I will give it to you on TV and radio. I believe you know everything.

At a meeting, you will be asked to cancel the stock information scrolling at the bottom of the screen, and it is recommended to add an information box on the right side of the screen. This is your chance to quickly build prestige. "

Andy looked down at Amanda, who was close at hand, and looked up at his playful face, breathing in the breath and the aroma exhaled from her mouth.

"Giggle, I see." Amanda Jiao smiled and turned to look at herself in the coat mirror, looked left and right, and found nothing wrong, nodded at Andy, and they left the office together.

The originally abandoned snack food area on the 29th floor was rearranged and became the meeting room for Andy, the vice president, to gather Bloomberg media teams for meetings.

"... I know that some people find this kind of design weird, but the best news and website designs always have a slight discomfort when you first see it." Wearing black-rimmed glasses and brown The red-bearded Pulski showed it to everyone in the conference room, explaining the new website page he and his subordinates of the Bloomberg website that had been suddenly taken into account overnight.

"The information density of the new version of the website has been reduced a lot. This means that originally 20 or more article titles may be displayed on the homepage, but you can only see less than 10 in the new version. Plus On the big picture and large font title, important information can be better highlighted. The reader will not feel annoyed by too much information.

At the same time, we also cut off the comment area of ​​the article page. Our reason is that most users have already reposted and commented on social networks, and they will gain more users on those platforms.

The video is also an important part of the revision. In the small window in the upper right corner of each article, the video of Bloomberg TV will be automatically played silently, and you can skip to watch it ... "

Andy looked at the irregular layout and gorgeous colors of the website page. When everyone focused his eyes on his face, he smiled and nodded, "Yes, this is bold and crazy, I like this layout, maybe A waterfall display should be added ... "

"Good idea, gosh, how did I forget this, boss, this is a great idea ..."

Andy is no stranger to the frankness of the technology house such as Plesssky and his personality that doesn't care about office culture. After all, he has become accustomed to Silicon Valley, and said with a smile: "When the title is accompanied by rich colors, it is actually easier to attract People ’s eyes, plus the effect of the big picture, are even more so. The bold column lines and wider white space also make each part more clearly distinguished. Yes, I like this layout, that ’s it. , You go back and start changing the site layout.

Bloomberg News, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg Pursuit Magazine, and Bloomberg Radio and TV information are all integrated into the new website. The original businessweek. And blobergbusiness. Domains should also be redirected to the bloberg. Homepage. "

Andy's tone was unquestionable, and he looked around in the conference room for a week. Media Group's eo Justin Smith, the new head of the radio and television business Amanda, and Bloomberg News's acting editor Laurie Hayes, who had just turned in. , Bloomberg's Presky, and Business Weekly editor-in-chief Josh Tyrankill and Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg Pursuit Magazine's two heads, and of course, Bloomberg has not spoken. EO Daniel Dokotev of Bo Partners Ltd.

The matter of the website was thus finalized by Andy, and soon entered the next topic. Regarding some reforms and suggestions of Bloomberg's radio and television business, Amanda was the newly appointed director, but looked at her confidently and calmly. Talking, Daniel Daniel Kotoff of Bloomberg Partnerships is really complicated.

His EO, who is in charge of the entire Bloomberg, has been at a loss. The media group, which only accounts for 15% of the company's business, has been invisiblely excluded. What surprised him was that Andy Smith turned the most important Bloomberg news so quickly. Just grabbed it.

To be honest, Daniel is actually very simple if he wants to give Andy a trip. After all, Bloomberg ’s most important source of information is those data terminals for sale. If he wants, he can jam the necks of these media teams. There is no reason for him to do this. Without the support of Michael Bloomberg, his professional manager dared to tussle with Andy, the second largest shareholder, and Andy dared to propose to fire him. Perhaps Michael Bloomberg would refuse, but that was just Perhaps, in case they agree?

That's stupid. No one knows what the old fox was thinking. He often said something ambiguous and let their subordinates guess. If he didn't meet his expectations or made a mistake, he turned his back on the dishonoured dish and then kicked the company. It's too tired to work for that old guy.

"Daniel, I checked the financial status of the media business from 2002 to the present. To be honest, I'm a little speechless. I've lost hundreds of millions of dollars almost every year. If the profits of the data terminal are not amazing, I can't believe I can support it. Until now, from the beginning, there was only one news organization. Up to now, the company has 8 subordinate news organizations, with different teams in the special news line, television, radio, Internet, magazines and other fields.

What makes me most incomprehensible is that these news organizations were all formed from scratch, completely abandoning the acquisition, merger, and absorption route, which undoubtedly increased financial expenditure. "

Daniel heard the words of the new media group's Justin Smith and shook his head with a bitter smile and said: "Mr. Bloomberg is not interested in acquiring the company because it is not pure enough, he believes in the team he formed."

"Although our finances will be reported in a consolidated manner, it is not a long-term solution to continue to lose money. I checked the personnel data. The number of staff in each media team is a bit too much. At present, the US economy is affected by the subprime crisis. In a downturn, in order to reduce revenue and reduce losses, before the integration of the media group, each department will have to lay off staff ... "

Justin had a kind smile on his face, but the words that spoke made the crowd present a kind of chill and coldness, and immediately began to whisper, although the dozen or so people present were all important management, this The fire layoffs will not burn them, but after all, they are following their subordinates. It is a difficult decision to lay off who will not lay off who.

"Let me talk about my opinion first, layoffs are imperative, and the entire Wall Street is being cut. This is also no way out. Also, frontline journalists and editors will not move this time. In addition to 135 global offices, Journalists and editors, everyone else!

With Andy's words falling, the entire conference room was in an uproar, especially the "Bloomberg Business Weekly", which is not in the sphere of influence of Andy, the Bloomberg Pursuit magazine's two editors' faces have been completely gloomy, However, they also knew that their arms could not be twisted. After all, their media team had been handed over to this young man in front of Mike Bloomberg. Their life and death had been tightly held in the hands of Andy Smith.

On the contrary, the head of the Bloomberg market has nothing to worry about. He also knows that the layoffs will not fall on the head of his department. They are the bridge between the information exchange between the Bloomberg data terminal and the media group and are not affiliated with the media. group.

"The layoffs will be screened for business capability assessment and a special group will be set up soon. You are the cornerstone of Bloomberg Media Group's future. I hope you can cooperate with the special group's work!"

Justin changed his smiling expression, and his eyes were sharp and his expressions looked coldly at the new group of his subordinates, saying words of comfort and warning. ...

The meeting soon ended. Everyone left the conference room with a serious expression. Andy looked at the back of EO Daniel, only smiled slightly, knowing that the news of the layoffs would be received by Michael Bloomberg soon. To, however, to disappoint many people, the old guy will only be happy to see it happen. After all, as a Jew, he wants his company to make more money.