L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Eliminated’
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Re: L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Eliminated’
#2In related news I have noticed that most things I search on Google don't show any ads at all. I went hunting for it and found that common household items are showing ads, but other things don't. And most certainly there is no obnoxiousness like an entire page of ads before the content.
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#3We did have a similar Artie and discussion yesterday about how people making videos for/on Google see the viewing skyrocketing and ad-revenue collapsing. Nobody is selling this nobody advertised, plus the (thank you - I haven't thought of this) when crises hit, the ad budget is the first one to get slashed.
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#4This is an interesting time for ads since people can’t buy most of the things.
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#6This is an interesting time for ads since people can’t buy most of the things.
Most people have been using the internet to buy things for a while now.
Re: L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Eliminated’
#7We've already been seeing this to some degree with harder and harder paywalls--which mostly don't work besides lucrative niche and global brands. But I suspect we're increasingly headed towards a case where quality content is only available to those willing and able to pay for it.
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#8Not in CA, but our governor is deciding what must close, and even what items stores can sell. I suspect any news outlet (sans politics) would be desired to stay open. But you can't legislate everything.
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#9Idea:
Whenever there are furloughs or layoff, any payouts or profits for the C-Suite and managers that are higher the average employee, is put into an annuity for the laid off employees.
So if a CEO makes 30,000,000, and the average worker is paid 125,000. A 29,875,000 fund will be made to deposit a monthly check into the bank of the fired employees. This includes any profits made from selling stocks.
To avoid loopholes and ensure enforcement, CEO's waive personal financial privacy, giving regulators full access into international finance accounts and to withdraw from those account debt due to workers. The lookback/forward time can be tweaked to go up to 36 months to ensure it's not worked around.
This will retain employees - while simultaneously keep businesses operating profitably.
Additionally, if there are any dividends by the company, any employees who worked a certain time (even if fired) are entitled to payout, since they're part of the collective. This shows appreciation for the employees which boosts performance - they know a successful quarter will have their success kept - not given only to investors.
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#10This is an interesting time for ads since people can’t buy most of the things.
Most people have been using the internet to buy things for a while now.
Less than one eighth of commerce (in the United States) is online.
And even if it was majority online, not all fullfilment can be done when many places are closed.