Chapter 805 Non-Compete Clause
Daddy, it's Daddy! ”
Little Robb is getting bigger and bigger, and he can already recognize that the person singing on the screen is his own father, clapping his hands in front of the TV with a milky voice, very happy.
"Daddy's leaving."
Song Ya went downstairs in his coat and picked him up, "Will you miss me?" Well? ”
Little Robb stared at the real person for a few seconds, then turned his head away from him.
"Haha, don't be shy......"
Song Ya put him down, walked to the door, turned back and waved to his son, "Say goodbye to Dad?" ”
"Goodbye."
Well, yes, more and more like herself, Song Ya went out satisfied, looked up and said hello to Xue Linfen at the window on the second floor, and hurried to the next Xuanfa city.
In this era, especially after MTV, which has a particularly strong influence on teenagers, broadcasts an unplugged concert, the outside world has recognized his singing skills, and the popularity of six new songs and old songs has been increased a lot, and by the way, it has also driven the sales of some first albums and the original soundtrack of my life.
Brenda was finally matched by the audience with the female singer who danced the original soundtrack of My Life many times, and her popularity has rebounded a lot.
The cute Chicago Boys' Choir at the end received the greatest praise, and the cross-border cooperation between the two sides was perfect because of Be What You want to Be.
In terms of second albums, I Gotta Feeling has risen to No. 4 on the singles chart, below Jenny Jackson's Runaway, and will definitely surpass it next week, with Mariah Carey's Fantasy and Coolio's Gangstas Paradise still in the top two. The album chart topped the charts and sales continued to grow steadily, with Mariah Carey's Daydream falling to No. 3 and Pumpkins' Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness dropping to No. 2 as a dark horse.
Now the outside world calls him and Mariah Carey a money-grabbing couple, and the two of them can occupy a huge space in the music media.
'Bang! ’
At a football game in Chicago, the halftime performer watched the stadium with a smile from the box, and the kick-off guest was Underwood, and the whip did a good job and threw it into the good ball area, which received a warm applause from the fans.
"It's a good view."
Claire didn't show up on the sidelines to show up with her husband, but stayed in this ultra-luxurious bag to entertain the guests, "Allow me to thank you, APLUS." ”
"No, no, no, don't thank me, if you want to thank Ms. Sloan."
Song Ya smiled and said to Sloan, who rarely wore a sexy long dress next to him.
This box was set by Sloan's former lobbyist company, and it was Claire who actually used it in the future, and in order to circumvent the rule that gifts to politicians should not exceed fifty dollars, this box is a so-called discount product of a leather bag party company.
The ball games are all open, but the box hasn't found customers yet, so it's reasonable to set a 49.99 knife sale, right? The fine wine, lobster, and caviar prepared in the box are already dazzling and the cold dishes are also included, and they are expired and poured out if they can't be sold anyway, so they have to spend another cleaning fee, so it's better to give them away for free, which is a very reasonable business choice, right?
Claire only needs to spend 49.99 dollars at a time in exchange for a humble receipt like a fast-food restaurant deduction coupon, and then she can bring her friends to this discount box on a day when there is a competition, and taste expired food and alcohol, and she is really a frugal politician's wife.
What the? Does wine expire too? It's not well preserved, mismanagement, business mistakes, mistakes.
Of course, there must always be someone who really pays, and that is the accounting problem between Song Ya's company and the lobbyist company.
"Peter Flock......
"Peter Flock......
"Alicia ......"
The people in the box were talking about the Illinois gubernatorial election, the voting was going to start in late November, the votes were going to start at the end of the month, and there was not much time left, and the gap between Peter and the Elephant Party opponents was very, very weak, and the Donkey Party people couldn't help but worry.
"Hey, thanks, thanks...... Haha, I've practiced it. ”
At the beginning of the game, Underwood finally appeared in the box, and he smiled and greeted everyone one by one, "How is your TV station doing?" ”
"It's not good, the ratings are not up to standard, it's not up to standard, it's just that you may not be able to get Comcast's good channel resources."
Song Ya told the truth.
"That's not good news, is it? Plus Comcast's recent announcement after the company's strategy workshop. ”
Underwood was really keeping an eye on his TV station, "Did you hear that, too? Song Ya asked.
"Of course."
With the successive successful listings of Internet companies, the surrounding industries have also been driven, and the situation is very good, Comcast decided to stop the pace of expansion in the direction of the TV network, and instead tilt resources to network infrastructure, such as the laying of the old bank's network dedicated line.
That's bad news for A+CN, because its potential subscribers follow the total number of subscribers to Comcast's TV network, and if Comcast doesn't expand, the smaller the plate it will have to eat in the future.
"What are you going to do?" Underwood asked.
"Uh......"
Song Ya didn't know what to do, shrugged her shoulders and replied with a bitter face: "When A+CN officially gets the channel resources, I plan to burn a year's money next year, publicize and promote, give away subscribers, in short, use all the tricks that can be used, and then resign myself to fate." ”
"It seems like that's all there is to it."
Underwood thought for a moment, "You probably think the best is probably." ”
"The best might just be a second- to third-rate station, unless it's like NBC's Legal Channel and you encounter a big pie from the sky like Simpson."
Song Ya said: "This is the only way. ”
"That's a pity." Underwood's words may have come from the heart, "Okay, let's not talk about these unhappy things, speaking of NBC, you must have heard the jokes that his family made recently, right?" ”
"Of course."
NBC previously drove out its dismal senior manager, that is, the famous conservative media person Roger Ayles, who was the hero of the financial channel CNBC hit and single-handedly created the predecessor of MSNBC news station, they knew Roger Ayles' ability and connections, so they didn't know what method to use to force him to sign a non-compete clause before leaving, which was equivalent to driving him out of the TV industry.
Unexpectedly, Roger Ayres turned around and took a job at FOX, and NBC immediately filed a lawsuit, but the recent verdict came as a big surprise, and NBC lost the case because there was a non-compete clause that did not allow Roger Ayres to re-employ any of the 'existing' TV stations.
Roger Ayres took advantage of this clause to work with Murdoch, the media mogul behind FOX, who opened a new television station for him, Fox News, which means that this does not fall within the scope of any of the existing television stations indicated at the time of the non-compete clause.
NBC made a big joke, and heard that Jack Welch, the CEO of General Electric behind it, was extremely angry and bloodied NBC's legal department.
"Actually, your A+CN also belonged to any existing TV station at that time." Underwood quipped.
"Haha."
Song Ya was also amused that an old conservative like Roger Ayres would never be able to re-employ a 24-hour black news station......
The current situation is that it is a high probability event that the telecommunications bill will be passed next year, FOX and the three major wireless stations' own 24-hour news stations have gradually emerged, NBC is the earliest, MSNBC is already in a state of readiness, ABC acquired by Disney second, their news station name is to snatch their intended ACN, FOX News third, CBS is slowly located at the end of the year.
Other small and medium-sized businesses such as A+CN have also followed suit and created similar channels, but their influence is very low, and they do not pose any threat to the first four stations plus the original CUU.
"APLUS, IT'S TIME TO PREPARE."
Linda came over and reminded, "Time is tight. ”
"Okay, then I'll go backstage to Mr. Underwood." Song Ya hurriedly left the box.