WKRN was digitally aggressive under the leadership of former station management, but it would appear the recent Young layoffs have now hit Web staff. Blogger A.C. Kleinheider managed VolunteerVoters.com, a site launched nearly two years ago to cover a local Senate race. He was laid off last week. His final post offered very kind words to the local community bloggers:
…Of course, that only happened because I was standing on the shoulders of some very generous people. Those people, of course, were you, the bloggers whose words I cut and pasted and the commenters whose sometimes inspired, sometimes delightfully ad hominem words made this space a “go-to†hub for those interested in Tennessee politics to come and see “what was going on in blogosphere.â€
The community has responded with over 100 comments so far, including some harsh words for the station: “PS—WKRN—You’re making yet another mistake.” The station’s current GM did post a nice comment about Kleinheider.