Dozens of Jobs Cut at CNN; New York, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Miami, LA Staffers Pink-Slipped

[Newsjock]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/dozens-of-jobs-cut-at-cnn-new-york-atlanta-washington-dc-miami-la-staffers-pink-slipped_b97876

Layoff notices are being handed out across CNN/U.S. today. Photographers, editors and other staffers in Atlanta, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Miami are being let go. In all, at least 50 positions are being eliminated. As many as 12 staffers in the Washington, DC bureau alone, four of whom are longtime photojournalists.

CNN Senior VP Jack Womack writes in a note to staff that the cuts come after a 3-year analysis of the company’s work processes.

[valerief]

1. Welcome to the club! nt

[SoCalDem]

2. Photographers are being replaced by freebie pic uploads

Why pay to send a photographer when viewers upload stuff from the epicenter of whatever..for free

and who needs editors when hosts just roll the Twitter feed:)

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Well, the quality of their news reporting won't suffer...can't get much worse. n/t

[AlinPA]

4. They should cut the jobs of those empty-headed "anchors"- all of them.

[corpseratemedia]

5. maybe if their model was reporting news they wouldn't keep losing audience

When I see Erik Erickson's face, I avoid cnn like the plague

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Color me shocked, not like they do nooz any longer

[AsahinaKimi]

7. CNN might be the first to have

an electronic talking head. All they will have to do is program it to read what they want.. get rid of anchors all together. No goofs, foul ups..totally controlled.

It could happen.. :shrug:

[DJ13]

8. I think you just described Erin Burnett

[Modern_Matthew]

9. Maybe some of them can contribute inside info to OWS or Anonymous. :-) nt

[lunatica]

10. The race to the bottom is a success.

Dear CNN erstwhile employees. OWS can use your skills.