layoffs Archives - Awful Announcing

Online Outlets

The Players’ Tribune join others in media by announcing layoffs

Forgive the cynicism but it seems like with each passing day, the media landscape as we know it...

Local Networks

Verizon (Huffington Post/Yahoo/AOL), BuzzFeed and Gannett are all laying off staff, more than 1,000 people in all

More than 1,000 media members are about to be out of work after widespread cuts at three organizations Wednesday.

Local Networks

Reports have massive layoffs at the New York Daily News, including “half” of the newsroom

Frank Isola, editor-in-chief Jim Rich among names reportedly leaving.

ESPN

Howie Schwab tweets resentment about how his time at ESPN ended in 2013, and about his inability to find new work

"If you have been at a company a long time, watch your back. Loyalty doesn't mean a thing any more. This will be the last time I ever talk about the pain of that day, being told I could not say goodbye to friends of over 25 years. I was treated like a joke."

Local Networks

Chicago Tribune layoffs included White Sox and Blackhawks beat writers, no replacements currently named

Layoffs have left the Tribune without full-time writers travelling with the White Sox and Blackhawks, and they haven't announced how they're planning to cover those teams in future.

ESPN

After layoffs, ESPN plans to fly all remaining editorial talent in for in-person meeting covering social media policy and more

Topics in the two-hour presentation will include the social media policy changes, coverage of political and social issues, and ESPN's current priorities.