This Weekend In TV: Layoffs, Layoffs, Everywhere
NBC5 in Fort Worth, Tex: laid off at least nine people, including reporter Melissa Newton. This move follows a recent content-sharing agreement with two competing stations.
WSEE-TV (CBS) in Erie, Pa.: laid off all nine of its off-camera technical staff in preparation for a merger with WICU-TV, the local NBC affiliate. The nine employees were given two weeks’ notice.
Three stations in Atlanta, GA—Fox O&O WAGA, Gannett NBC outlet WXIA and Meredith CBS affiliate WGCL—will kick off a trial run of a weekday pool today.
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