Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Eleven employees laid off today at CBS 3

Eleven CBS 3 newsroom staffers, including a writer, an editor, a producer, an archivist and other support personnel arrived at work today only to be laid off, sources tell us.

Eleven employees laid off today at CBS 3

Filed Under: Breaking News

POSTED: Friday, March 28, 2008, 4:09 PM

Dan Gross

Eleven CBS 3 newsroom staffers, including a writer, an editor, a producer, an archivist and other support personnel arrived at work today only to be laid off, sources tell us. The station, which has more than 300 employees, is also offering early retirement incentives to several veteran on-air personalities including meteorologist Tom Lamaine. CBS has also laid off workers this week at its stations in Denver, Sacramento and Miami. A CBS 3 spokeswoman said the station does not comment on personnel decisions. Our spies tell us it's a pretty brutal scene over there, with plenty of tears, and disbelief. In a related story, Fox 29 laid off four writers on Wednesday in what station Vice President and News Director Kingsley Smith said is "part of a restructuring of our newsroom."

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:23 PM, 03/28/2008

Why should the TV and media be any different then all of us. Maybe they will now realize that the economy is a mess and the froo froo world they have lived in isn't real. SMELL THE COFFEE.

— S.J.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:06 PM, 03/28/2008

I wonder if they all went to Alycia's for a big cry.

— Steak

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:41 PM, 03/28/2008

I wonder if Alycia is going to lead the support group for her compatriots. Maybe they will get a big voodoo doll and all stick pins in it together. CBS3 is so cold-hearted.

— Richard

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:08 PM, 03/28/2008

Wow are you IGNORANT. For every Alicya Lane there is a staff of 100 working horrible hours for meager pay. Those are the people who were laid off. Notice it says "support personel." You should learn to read.

— Freddy

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:31 AM, 03/29/2008

News media is dying. Anyone can blog or put a video up on youtube nowadays. Time to put away your ovcerinflated egos.

— Loren

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:17 AM, 03/29/2008

freddy, if people want to work long hours for meager pay that is their right. if they don't like it they can migrate to a different job with better hours and more pay. i don't feel sorry for people who make a decision to do something they like for less money than they can get doing something they don't like. that's life. your chagrin is misplaced.

— bling

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:42 AM, 03/29/2008

Too bad about Weather Vane Lamaine. He wasnt some pompous, arogant fool like the rest those "Meteorologist".

— tdoc

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:51 AM, 03/29/2008

Wow, some of you are quite harsh. These are just regular people doing a job. Of course layoffs are a part of the real world but it's still okay to feel sad for good hardworking people losing their stability.

— Filmgrad

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:19 PM, 03/29/2008

Bring back Alycia in a BIKINI then I'll watch this station!

— Rollie

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:55 PM, 03/29/2008

They have more weather casters that they know what to do with. I laugh when I see during the evening broadcast they need 2 in the studio at the same time to do the weather, WHY??? Who cares?

— Bob