AOL's Tim Armstrong fires Patch creative director Abel Lenz mid-meeting for iPhotography

AOL's Tim Armstrong fires Patch creative director Abel Lenz mid-meeting for iPhotography

You remember Patch, don't you? The brilliant idea of local news collected on a page or email like Bed-stuy or Virginia Highland-Druid Hills, and served up in one place. While Google muscled in on this territory by tailoring all searches to be both local and personal, Patch struggles. So AOL is dismantling Patch which is a crying shame, but somehow this news is overshadowed by the fact that AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong fired Patch creative director Abel Lenz for snapping a photos during a conference call with employees on August 9, 2013.

Hand on your heart now, how many times have you wanted to kick that office iPhotographer in the shins for not paying attention at meetings? One thousand people have dialed in, and Lenz is playing with his camera. The Daily Mail (ugh) reports that apparently Lenz did this all the time.

According to Patch employees, Lenz often snapped pictures during conference calls and staff meetings and would later post them to the company's internal website.




Update!This is the photo that got Abel firedsrc="adland.tv/icture-got-patch-creative-director-fired-aol-ceo-tim-armstrong/1376504733">This is the photo that got Abel fired

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