AOL CEO Tim Armstrong was on a conference call about Patch , the local news network . `` Abel -- put that camera down right now . Abel ! You 're fired . " Comment: I'm not sure if this is an ELI5 question or something else but here goes : he tells an employee . Abel Lenz , who was Patch 's creative director , later tweeted `` No comment '' Business Insider : AOL is slashing the number of Patch sites from 900 to 600 .
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong was on a conference call about Patch , the local news network . `` Abel -- put that camera down right now . Abel ! You 're fired . Out ! '' he tells an employee . Abel Lenz , who was Patch 's creative director , later tweeted `` No comment '' Business Insider : AOL is slashing the number of Patch sites from 900 to 600 .