By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 06:48 EST, 14 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:54 EST, 14 August 2013 The photos have emerged that AOL employee Abel Lenz snapped just before CEO Tim Armstrong publicly fired him during a conference call with 1,000 people listening. Media reporter Jim Romenesko obtained the photos Wednesday as Armstrong apologized in an email to staff for his curt dismissal of Lenz, Patch's creative director, during the all-hands meeting on Friday. The photos, which Lenz posted to the company's internal website on Friday morning, feature Armstrong addressing a couple hundred Patch employees. He was discussing an announcement of severe cutbacks at the hyper-local news organization.
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In an email to staff AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said his outburst was an 'emotional response'
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Armstrong was recorded firing Patch creative director Abel Lenz in a conference call with 1,000 workers listening on Friday
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He claims Lenz had been warned not to film confidential meetings
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