Bob Olhsson wrote on Tue, 12 April 2005 13:39 |
dpd wrote on Mon, 11 April 2005 20:44 | Kind of like what's been happening with the broadcast market and, lately, including the local press?
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Worse, LOTS worse!
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We had one of our local TV stations (owned by a conglomerate) sell to a startup, then bought another station. The seller (who lost millions last year) even financed the deal for the startup. Then, the seller fired the entire news staff on one station and now provides the news for both stations - obviously, different networks. 1/3 of the city's TV news staff bit the dust with the exception of the anchor - she must have had a great contract!
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I've been against this whole conglomeration from day 1 - both in media (I work part time for an NPR affiliate) and in the defense industry (main gig). I just see less diversity of everything and people losing jobs.
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And, now, back to your regularly scheduled forum discussions....