Seven percent at NPR. Day to Day and News and Notes -- gone. First institution-wide layoffs in 25 years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/10/AR2008121002064.html?nav=hcmodule === Some of those losing their jobs are veteran NPR voices, such as Ketzel Levine, an NPR reporter since 1977, and Vicky O'Hara, an editor and former diplomatic correspondent with 26 years on the job. Others include "News & Notes" host Farai Chideya, "Day to Day" host Madeleine Brand, Washington reporter Libby Lewis, entertainment-industry correspondent Kim Masters and national reporter John McChesney. About half the 64 people cut are journalists. === This is mortifying. ====== AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau :: :: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Science without humanity. Knowledge without character. Politics without principle. Commerce without morality. Worship without sacrifice. --Gandhi's seven deadly social sins :: :: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." --King :: :: "Any time you have the opportunity to accomplish something and you don't, you are wasting your time on this earth." --Roberto Clemente On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 23:57, Richard de Give <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just had a round of cutbacks in Bakersfield, too. They sent someone up here > to cover the Bako Foothill-Hanford game, so I asked him if their department > had been hit. Turns out he was the victim and was covering the game as a > stringer. Ain't I effing sensitive? > > Rich > (where we just did hire another sporto, so I may be freed from the Sentinel > treadmill after, geez I don't want to count how many days). > > --- On Wed, 12/10/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [MEDIADEADPOOL] Bad time to be a Cubs fan > > To: wnndl@googlegroups.com > > Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 8:49 PM > > For some reason, ahem, the Cubs are not included in the > > Tribune bankruptcy fire sale. > > > > I fear for the LA Times, though. > > > > Just curious, does anyone know if the Chicago Tribune and > > the Sun-Times have a joint operating agreement? > > > > The Rocky Mountain News in Denver is going down, too...up > > for sale, no buyers, and shutting down next month. They have > > a JOA with the Denver Post. Not pretty times for these > > folks, many of whom are colleagues of mine. > > > > --Deb > > > > > > --- On Wed, 12/10/08, Michael King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Michael King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [MEDIADEADPOOL] Bad time to be a Cubs fan > > > To: wnndl@googlegroups.com > > > Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 8:23 PM > > > (finding a paper bag to go over my Cubs hat) > > > > > > :( > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Joseph Nebus > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 9, 2008, at 4:14 AM, Steven Otte wrote: > > > > > > > > > As if there were ever a good time for > > that... oh, > > > yeah, it's also a > > > > > bad time to work for the Tribune Co. > > > > > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_bi_ge/tribune > > > > > > > > This could ruin whatever the next > > storyline in > > > the Dick Tracy comic > > > > will be, if anyone can figure out what the > > current > > > storyline was. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
