WNWO announces round of layoffs
Cory Bergman April 25th, 2008
The Toledo station, owned by Barrington Broadcasting, has laid off an undisclosed number of newsroom staff. “We’re facing a brave new world here, and models we’ve used for 40 or 50 years are no longer applicable,” said VP/GM Jon Skorburg.
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1. Rocker | April 25th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I’m not saying that lay-offs may not be necessary, but they do not constitute a survival plan, just a delaying tactic unless coupled with a parallel plan to grow and evolve the business. Don’t see any hint of that in the article.
There’s nothing funny about this except the notion that they’re laying of reporters, writers, editors…but “keeping our frontline people”. Maybe they can just read the newspaper…oh yeah, that’s going away too.
2. b2b 91smw | April 26th, 2008 at 7:01 am
There’s nothing funny about this except the notion that they’re laying of reporters, writers, editors…but “keeping our frontline people”. Maybe they can just read the newspaper…oh yeah, that’s going away too.
3. BukkWylde | May 2nd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Barrington is laying off employees at almost of their 15 stations. More than 50 group-wide, I hear.
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