[opendtv] ABC News Lays Off 22 More People in Final Round of Cuts
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:21:28 -0500
The times they are achangin'. Perhaps the "one-man-band" approach to news
gathering will attract a different type of person. Sort of, ABC News
increasingly resembling videos from YouTube.
Bert
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http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/100066
ABC News Lays Off 22 More People in Final Round of Cuts
04.30.2010.
The last of the lay-offs at ABC News resulted in 22 people losing their jobs,
the Los Angeles Times reports. The number was smaller than expected due to the
300 or so folks who elected to take buy-outs. The news division previously
announced that it would cut 350 to 400 employees from its 1,400-person staff in
a restructuring.
The final round of cuts came yesterday, the Times said. The network news
division shed jobs to cut costs. The newspaper says full-timers have been
replaced by freelancers on shows such as "20/20" and "Primetime," and that ABC
now has fewer correspondents around the country. Those that remain are becoming
one-person bands, writing, shooting and editing their own stories.
TABC is also closing its bureaus throughout the United States, except for the
one in Washington, D.C. The Los Angeles bureau formerly had more than 40 staff
members. --Deborah D. McAdams
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