tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post682321948969601088..comments2024-03-17T08:30:21.129+00:00Comments on Open and Shut?: Open access and AfricaRichard Poynderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433823131339077354noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-9007247456391454062018-04-26T17:36:31.131+00:002018-04-26T17:36:31.131+00:00It was announced on April 4th that PLOS is laying ...It was <a href="http://blogs.plos.org/plos/2018/04/plos-update/" rel="nofollow">announced on April 4th</a> that PLOS is laying off 18 people.Richard Poynderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433823131339077354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-74264118318698413282018-04-14T13:54:07.672+00:002018-04-14T13:54:07.672+00:00Wait until you see their financial results for thi...Wait until you see their financial results for this year and you'll see how ineffective she really was. She was kicked out because she had no clue how to run a business. In 2013 the PLOS BOD decided to kick out their CEO and CFO due to strategic differences in opinion. They also booted most of the senior management in place later that year. Under the old regime, PLOS was thriving and profitable. Fast forward to today, they're losing money, laying people off, spent millions on development of a journal management system they ended up trashing, and PLOS ONE is having it's lunch eaten by Scientific Reports. So, the question to the BOD is, how's that decision worked out for you?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-1208102940588463212017-01-03T20:29:26.824+00:002017-01-03T20:29:26.824+00:00It's true that Elizabeth Marincola was an inef...It's true that Elizabeth Marincola was an ineffectual CEO and was eventually drummed out by both senior staff and the Board after hanging on far longer than was expected by insiders. And it’s likely that her position with the AAS is merely a face-saving, titular role convenient to her for personal reasons. <br /><br />More importantly, her characterization of PLOS’ mission is sadly limited. If PLOS’ mission was to prove that OA could be sustainable, it would have achieved that years ago when PLOS ONE took off. The mission is about transformation, which PLOS has fallen very short in delivering on. Now, with a CFO in charge, a failing revenue base, the same Board in place that appointed Marincola, and a misdirected goal of spreading its technology far and wide rather than OA, it will hardly be any more likely to transform STM publishing in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-71807382392901464002017-01-03T18:28:17.061+00:002017-01-03T18:28:17.061+00:00Elizabeth Marincola was never truly involved in PL...Elizabeth Marincola was never truly involved in PLoS ONE. Actually, revenue tanked while she was there because she never prioritized PLoS One needs. She was an ineffective CEO and was forced out because she didn't engage with the staff or the community. She alienated everyone in the organization that was interested in growing or innovating the publishing operations. If someone was asking for help in creating a PLoS One clone, she would be the least experienced PLoS veteran to work with. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com