The remaining staff at TBD.com and WJLA-TV are planning to relaunch two sites in the coming days. “The new WJLA.com will be fueled by the region’s largest, most experienced, and most nimble TV news staff,” explains a post on TBD.com. “Immediately upon arriving on the scene of a breaking story, ABC7’s reporters transmit photos, video and text directly to WJLA.com. The result is a dynamic site that stays way ahead of the competition in debuting and updating news stories that matter to area residents.”
Meanwhile, the new TBD.com will comb through “information from hundreds of news sources across the area, packaging it alongside a feast of original reporting on the area’s arts and entertainment scene, news, crime, sex and gender, groceries and transportation.”
Back in February, Allbritton laid off several TBD.com staffers and announced it was refocusing the social-media-friendly DC news site on the entertainment scene. Meanwhile, it said it was resurrecting WJLA.com, which currently redirects to TBD.com. The company calls it a “two-pronged online approach” for covering the DC community.
The reworked sites will launch next week.
For background: TBD.com hit with layoffs, to become an entertainment site