Posted by Related on October 13, 2008 at 13:17:02:
In Reply to: CBS stock slips posted by chicagomedia.org on October 13, 2008 at 13:13:38:
Chicago could feel effects next..
Mass layoffs hit KNX & KFWB newsrooms & bureaus at CBS Radio in Los Angeles:
CBS was told to cut $1 million in salary (says KTTV-TV) - and the result was close to 20 people gone, in a mass firing at news outlets KNX-AM (1070) & KFWB-AM (980). The Orange County Register says the Orange County and Long Beach news bureaus will be closed. Sources told the OC Register that among those cut loose include Orange County Bureau Chief Lori Kelman and reporter Jennifer Bauman, and 22-year CBS veteran Sharon Katchen, who ran the Long Beach bureau. The list of KFWB (980) reporters & anchors let go reportedly includes Larry Carroll, John Darin, Lonnie Lardner, Dirk Morgan, Chris Sedens, Michael Forrest, and Christine Villacorte. KNX (1070) reportedly parted ways with Michael Linder, Vicky Cox and Laura Ornest, along with creative services and voiceover artist Gerry Mulvaney. Kimberly Plummer, fired by KFWB, told KTTV it was "the saddest day at KFWB & KNX in 25 years."