11 reported out at KYW, 3, Philadelphia, others in Pittsburg, Minneapolis, Miami
Eleven newsroom employees at CBS O&O KYW-TV, Philadelphia reportedly were jobless, Fri. 3/28/08 as a result of cuts being made at CBS owned stations around the country.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillygossip/17096291.html
Blogger Laura Nachman
http://lauranachman.wordpress.com/ reported 11 positions were targeted, including sales, news and other departments at the once-Westinghouse station.
Layoffs were also made at sister station, former Group W KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, where industry website TV Spy
http://www.tvspy.com/index.cfm reports more than half a dozen staffers were let go and that several positions won't be filled.
http://www.tvspy.com/shoptalk.cfm?page=1 (Mar. 28 content may be replaced by unrelated headlines as days go by.)
http://www.sfltv.com/2008/03/26/layoffs-due-to-cost-cutting-at-wfor/
has the Miami picture... including posts reportedly from staffers. Dan Roujansky had been with the station for 30+ years.
WCCO John Reger was one of those laid off in M/St.P:
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/17088271.html
The Denver Business Journal (See first post in this thread) and Denver Post ran stories about the layoffs at KCNC, Denver:
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_8722597
The Post reports weekend morning anchor Arturo Santiago, an assignment editor, producer, writer, video editor named NPPA Editor of the Year, and the station's Community Affairs Director got the ax. Five open positions may not be filled... and the Post quotes staffers as saying engineers may be let go.
While the the CBS layoffs were beginning Wednesday (3/27/08), attendees at the TVB Marketing Conference opening session heard a gloomy picture, entitled: "It's the Economy, Stupid."
Standard and Poor's chief economist David Wyss began, "I think we're in a recession. Now."
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/03/27/daily.7/ (Registration may be required.)
