If you live in Alabama or Louisiana, or you're a journalist who keeps up with the horrifying details of your industry in its death throes, you've likely heard the news of extensive cuts at several newspapers in Alabama and at the Times Picayune in New Orleans. This is bad stuff. There are people who have been quoted as saying that talk of the death of the Birmingham News is premature. Perhaps, but there is no doubt the thing is gasping for breath in hospice care.
While reading coverage of the layoffs, I read this on Weld for Birmingham:
"Meanwhile, the Mobile Lagniappe is trying to determine whether news staff at the Alabama Media Group will be compensated based on the traffic their content generates. At least some of the reporting positions would no longer be salaried, but instead pay hourly, so they could be “on call” 24/7. Also, our sources say, some portion of their pay may be based on the number of clicks their content receives. Health benefits would also reportedly “change for the worse,” according to insiders."
"On call 24/7."
"Some portion of their pay may be based on the number of clicks their content receives."
This sounds like the WORST JOB EVER. I feel sorry for the people left behind. I want to help so, based on my extensive research (reading my own blog stats), I have decided to provide a list of topics that get the most clicks. Forget covering that city council meeting or interviewing mayoral candidates. Unless one of the people running for mayor is Ryan Gosling, of course. Otherwise, no one gives a shit about that and you know it.
Here are the top click-getters up in here:
1. Sad cat
2. Snoop Dogg gif
3. Community cast
4. vodka cranberry
5. Ryan Gosling glasses
7. Mood swings (Oh, you guys will be having plenty of those, I'm sure.)
8. cat sad - Are you getting the message here? Sad cats are what people want. Listen, Birmingham News, just change your name to The Sad Cat Times already. Because, let's all face it, these are sad cat times indeed. You're probably going to need a drink, aren't you? Just look back at No. 4 on this list.
9. Clooney
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| Slightly less popular search term: Clooney Lake Como house |
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| Dear Tom, Will you marry me? |
Bonus: Based on how I spent much of today, I am going to predict that the term "Magic Mike" will also draw a huge audience. (This fine piece of cinema opens in theaters nationwide June 29. See you there!)
Oh yes, yes, yes, it definitely will. Yes. Yep. Uh huh. Oh yeah.
I'm sorry. What were we talking about?
Oh, that's right. We were talking about magic.
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