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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Channel 2's parent company files for bankruptcy; little local effect expected

Little local impact is expected, The Tennessean reports:


“We’re not anticipating layoffs, we’re not anticipating staff changes, we’re not anticipating changes in programming,” said Gwen Kinsey, general manager of WKRN-TV and WATE-TV. “All of those things are going to continue as always.”

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Unpaid week off for Tennessean and other Gannett employees

From the NY Times:

The Gannett Company, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, said on Wednesday that it would force thousands of its employees to take a week off without pay in an effort to avoid layoffs.

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