Posted on 01/23/2014 8:55:43 AM PST by rktman
CNN has laid off more than 40 senior journalists in its newsgathering operation – including a pregnant producer who was two weeks away from giving birth to twins – as part of a reorganisation of the business under Jeff Zucker.
The cutting of production and editorial staff at the Time Warner-owned group comes as Mr Zucker tries to re-establish CNN as the dominant force in 24 hour cable news, a crown it lost several years ago to Fox News Channel.
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*CNN had journalists?*
I think the last real one left in 1989
There's a wrongful termination suit waiting to happen.
Wouldn’t they have had to hire some journalist before laying 40 off? ;-)
My wife got laid off when she was 7 months pregnant with our second child about 7 years ago. Needless to say, it was a stressful 6 months, but we look back on it now and know it was a blessing in disguise. She was able to spend time with the baby, and she eventually found a job that was just 3 miles from our home.
And from what I read, this guy is slowly changing CNN into something completely different. They might not even do “news” anymore.
vaudine
They’ll all be employed by the Obama machine by the end of next week.
Wouldn’t they have had to hire some journalist before laying 40 off? ;-)
I think it’s way to late to terminate.......oh, you mean her employment. “WWWD?” What Would Wendy Do? (as in wendy davis) So, let’s suppose wendy doesn’t make it to the governors mansion. Will she get a job hawking catheters?
Jeff zucker? Probably not. May not currently be lib enough for his taste. But you just never know.
The government and corporations write their news. They don’t need them.
Ask them to turn in their kneepads.
Jeff Zucker laid off a pregnant women just 2 weeks before she was to give birth.
War on women going on at CNN!!
....actually 22 journalists not counting Candy Crowley.
badaBING!
Of there will be forty fiction novels coming out soon. All wanna be authors
Perfect!
Since I don’t watch CNN I won’t miss them. I stopped when they were known as the Clinton News Network. Maybe after their reorganization, they will now be known as ONN.
A journalist is having a baby? And she thought she was ‘safe’?
Typical bean-counter mentality. Laying people off to improve quality and market share. Right.
Good point. Wonder if we will find out their names.
She’s “being punished with a baby.”
The problem is that they’ll all want to come to Texas to find a job!!!
Two babies/twins! Not on their dime and time she won’t - out she goes!
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