Tuesday, June 11, 2013

‘PBS NewsHour’ Plans Layoffs as It Closes Offices (Good News Alert)

NY Times ^ | 6/11/13 | BRIAN STELTER

The “PBS NewsHour,” the signature nightly newscast on public television, is planning its first significant round of layoffs in nearly two decades.

Facing a multimillion-dollar shortfall in the program’s budget, the show’s producer, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, will close its two offices outside of the Washington, D.C., area — in Denver and San Francisco — and lay off most of the employees there.

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