The Most Agile of the Dead Tree Outfits Trimming Digital Staff

January 28, 2009

A happy quack to the reader from Australia who alerted me to some News Corp. staff reductions. Greg Sandoval reported here that News Corp. chopped some staff. What caught my attention was that the trimming took place in digital units, including MySpace.com and Photobucket.com. What’s the problem? In my opinion, its a business model issue. Suck a start up into a giant outfit and there’s culture, technology, and financial shock. What’s the dead tree fix? Fire those who work in the digital units. Change the business model or dig into technology? Nope, dead tree outfits know best.

Stephen Arnold, January 28, 2009

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Business strategy, News, Online (general), Publishing

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