layoffs

KCOY, KKFX Lays Off Employees

Stevie Converse — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:01:45 -0500

Full article: Santa Maria Times
Brian Bullock
In a corporate move to reorganize its Central Coast television stations, Cowles California Media Company on Wednesday laid off approximately a dozen employees from its two Santa Maria stations. The action will take effect Jan. 13, and move the anchor desk of local evening news at both KCOY and KKFX to the company's KION headquarters in Salinas.

AT&T Passes Out 100 Layoff Notices

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:24:06 -0500

Full article: WTNH-TV
A week before Christmas, 100 AT&T operators in Connecticut were given layoff notices. These cuts mean that AT&T is eliminating one-third of its Connecticut operators.

New Round of Belt Tightening at L.A. Times

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:04:19 -0400

Full article: LAObserved
Kevin Roderick
The <em>Los Angeles Times</em> announced that the design, news operations and Web operations staffs would be combined into one department, along with at least some of the copy editors. The merging would take place by the end of January and lead to 10-20 layoffs.

Your DJ Ain't No DJ -- He Just Got Laid Off

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:09:13 -0400

Full article: Spin
Marc Hogan
As radio station ownership consolidates into fewer and fewer hands, the corporate suits are betting they can get by with fewer and fewer voices, too. Clear Channel, the biggest radio conglomerate, laid off dozens or more local DJs earlier this week, hitting small stations from Syracuse, N.Y., to Spokane, Wash.

Clear Channel Radio Lays Off DJs

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:39:42 -0400

Full article: MediaPost
Erik Sass
Clear Channel Radio, the nation's largest broadcast radio group, has dismissed a large -- but undisclosed -- number of DJs from radio stations in small and mid-sized markets across the country. The move is widely seen as a prelude to implementing more automated or national syndicated programming.

Why Not Occupy Newsrooms?

Stevie Converse — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:55:49 -0400

Full article: New York Times
David Carr
Forget about occupying Wall Street; maybe it's time to start occupying Main Street, a place big media enterprises have bled dry by offering less and less news while dumping and furloughing journalists in seemingly every quarter. The consequences of bad decisions by media CEOs have landed on everyone except those who made them.

Nationwide Layoffs Hit Village Voice Media

Stevie Converse — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:46:10 -0400

Full article: Gawker
More than 20 editorial staffers at nearly a dozen Village Voice Media-owned papers were laid off recently. The layoffs appear to be a top-down order to trim budgets everywhere.

Viacom Suffers Layoffs

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:27:26 -0400

Full article: Multichannel News
R. Thomas Umstead
Viacom last week handed pink slips to approximately 100 employees across the Viacom Media Networks, according to company officials. The layoffs represented 1 percent of Viacom's employee base and were spread across Viacom cable networks and companies, including MTV, Nickelodeon and BET Networks.

Slate Lays Off Jack Shafer, Three Others

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:40:11 -0400

Full article: AdWeek
Dylan Byers
<em>Slate</em>, the online news magazine owned by the Washington Post Co., has laid off four employees, including editor-at-large Jack Shafer.

PBS Eliminating 21 Positions, Kerger Tells Stations

Stevie Converse — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:59:08 -0400

Full article: Current
PBS is eliminating 13 current staff positions and eight vacancies, PBS President Paula Kerger said in a letter to the system on July 13."This was not an easy decision to make, and we wish our departing staff the best as they pursue other opportunities," Kerger said.