Media General acknowledges Tampa cuts
June 12th, 2008 by Wayne Garcia in The Business of MSMMedia General’s top Florida honcho didn’t return CL’s calls for comments after our blog post yesterday, but the Tribune did publish an acknowledgement of the layoffs and buyouts there this week in this morning’s news:
An estimated 250 to 260 jobs are being eliminated as part of a reduction in force by the Florida Communications Group, which oversees The Tampa Tribune, WFLA, Channel 8, and other local media properties, group President John Schueler said Wednesday.
Of the cuts, about 200 have already taken place or are pending the completion of the company’s voluntary buyout program, Schueler said.
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On Wednesday, Schueler said about 120 positions were cut earlier this year or last year through attrition or involuntary layoffs. An additional 21 positions were eliminated Tuesday in advertising operations.
(My sources had put the advertising layoffs this week at a higher number, so I stand corrected on that figure.)
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June 13th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
The upcoming departure of Mace Michaels from Channel 8 is going to suck. I liked him.