Re: Layoffs at WCVB??

[Larry Weil <kc1ih@mediaone.net>]

>Clarification: *earnings* were off 42% year over year for the second quarter.
>IMHO, it would be extremely stupid for WCVB to slash their news budget just as
>WHDH is about to increase its news commitment by 2-1/2 hours per week and WBZ
>is about to produce a 7PM newscast for sister station WSBK.  It's one thing
>for Hearst-Argyle to make cuts in markets where they have little or no
>competition; it's quite another to do so in a major market where their #1
>overall news ranking is more vulnerable than ever.  Management *must* be
>assuming that other stations in Boston will feel free to cut staff now that
>"the leader" has done so.

I'm not so sure on that last sentence.  WCVB has always had the 
largest staff in town, many consider them over-staffed.  The other 
stations are much leaner, without much room for cuts.

-- 
Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH