[BC] Yes, A Good Finance Guy is our Best Friend

[Alan Kline]

Utterly amazing! If Dave McElhatton (the dean of Bay Area TV anchors, 
also a veteran of KCBS radio) hadn't already retired, these guys 
probably would have fired him, too.

I just got off the phone with a friend of mine out there, who tells me 
that the tech area wasn't hit too hard. One tech was offered a buyout; 
if that person declines the buyout, the least senior tech will be laid off.

I suspect the reporters won't be out of work for long, and hopefully the 
same for their newsroom colleagues. Still, the sense I get over the last 
  few days is that CBS is absolutely gutting the heart and soul of their 
O&0 newsrooms. CBS Newspath also is suffering, with at least one 
reporter, possibly more, along with producers, cameramen, and truck ops 
getting cut.

ak

Steve Newman wrote:
> Story from my home town. Sad. 
> 
> Emmy award winning reporters &14 newsroom employees canned and NO comment from the management??
> 
> GREAT!
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> 03-31) 21:02 PDT San Francisco -- Several veteran TV news reporters, including Bay Area icons Bill Schechner and Manny Ramos, were laid off Monday at CBS 5-TV (KPIX) in San Francisco in an apparent cost-cutting move.