Aug
22
Democracy May Prove the Doom of WBAI
Posted in: UncategorizedLayoffs have put a spotlight on WBAI, a listener-supported and proudly scrappy radio station that has played a major role in American public broadcasting.
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Aug
11
Media Decoder: WBAI-FM Lays Off Most of Staff
Posted in: UncategorizedCiting financial problems, Summer Reese, interim director of the station, said, “We will be laying off virtually everyone whose voice you recognize on the air.”
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Jun
20
Memo From Greece: Muffling of a Voice Provokes an Outcry in Greece
Posted in: UncategorizedSince the state broadcaster was shut down last week and its 2,600 employees fired, there has been an outpouring of solidarity, despite its long history of mismanagement and patronage.
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Jun
14
Venerable Format of ‘NewsHour’ Struggles With New Era of Media
Posted in: UncategorizedLayoffs and a financial crisis have exposed tension at the long-running news program, with some calling for a major overhaul.
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Jun
11
Layoffs and Cutbacks at ‘PBS NewsHour’
Posted in: UncategorizedFacing a budget shortfall, the show’s producer is closing its offices in Denver and San Francisco and laying off 10 workers.
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Jun
05
Encounters | Michael Musto: Michael Musto, After The Village Voice
Posted in: UncategorizedMichael Musto has not let the abrupt end of his 29-year tenure at The Village Voice get him down.
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May
31
Chicago Sun-Times Lays Off All Its Full-Time Photographers
Posted in: UncategorizedThe company said the move was in response to market changes. The union says the layoffs of 28 employees represented bad-faith bargaining it will challenge.
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May
21
ESPN Is Cutting 300 to 400 Jobs
Posted in: UncategorizedThe reductions, through layoffs and by leaving positions unfilled, come after a companywide efficiency review by the Walt Disney Company, which owns the sports network.
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May
18
AOL to Impose More Cuts at Patch, Its Local News Operation
Posted in: UncategorizedThe company will reduce the number of regional news offices, but says community service will not be reduced.
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May
17
Michael Musto and Robert Sietsema Leave Village Voice
Posted in: UncategorizedMichael Musto, the paper’s gossip columnist, and Robert Sietsema, its restaurant reviewer, have left the paper, a week after the top editors resigned.
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May
09
Top Editors Abruptly Leave Village Voice
Posted in: UncategorizedWill Bourne and Jessica Lustig said they were departing because they were told to make deep cuts in the 20-person staff.
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May
09
Daily News Lays Off About 12 Opinion Writers and Reporters
Posted in: UncategorizedThose laid off include the gossip columnist Joanna Molloy; the editorial writers Stephen McFarland and Alexander Nazaryan; the reporters Robert Gearty and Christina Boyle; and the columnist Albor Ruiz.
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Apr
10
Disney Studios Lays Off 150 Employees
Posted in: UncategorizedThe cuts come as Disney is reviewing its staff levels at the studios as well as at other business units, like theme parks.
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Apr
04
Cleveland Paper to Curtail Delivery and Cut Staff
Posted in: UncategorizedThe Plain Dealer, owned by Advance Publications, will trim home delivery to three days a week and lay off 53 newsroom employees.
Mar
14
Spinoff of Time Inc. Rattles Employees
Posted in: UncategorizedAfter the split occurs, Time Inc. will no longer have the lucrative film and television assets of Time Warner to prop it up.
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