Jun 19, 2008

Outsourcing hyper-local

First, we learned some newspapers were planning to ship ad production overseas. Then, we learned MediaNews was outsourcing customer services for its Northern California papers to the Philippines. Now, the Orange County Register-owner Freedom Communications plans to send some its stories to India for copy editing.

Gives a whole new meaning to the concept of a foreign desk.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

WHAT THE H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS!?!

Anonymous said...

And who are they providing this service to? Readers? I think not. Advertisers? Absolutely not.