The Weather Channel laid off some 7 percent of its work force today according to independently confirmed reports (Mediabistro first reported the news). The network is owned, as of 2007, by a consortium composed of Bain Capital, NBCUniversal and the Blackstone Group, and is among the most widely-distributed networks on cable.
Since the acquisition by its new owners, TWC has lost all of its original meteorologists and has begun to use talent from the NBCU stable, including Al Roker, whose production company has played a significant role in the network's expansion into serial content.
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