If the Tribune Co. and Randy Michaels' Local TV LLC have stations in the same market, it's no surprise that the stations are entering into local marketing agreements, considering that Michaels is Sam Zell's second-in-command at the Trib. And if the stations both have a news department, well, cuts are going to happen--in St. Louis, the combining of the Trib's CW affil KPLR and Local's Fox affil KTVI (acquired from Fox along with other stations in markets where Fox wasn't owning two stations), veteran KPLR anchorman Rick Edlund (58) and veteran KPLR weather reporter Keryn Shipman (45 and not a hot babe) joined unspecified other employees on the street:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/tvradio/story/1938D8CA52B186D7862574DE001A0121?OpenDocument Earlier this week in Denver, Zell and Michaels combined Tribune CW affil KWGN and Local Fox affil KDVR and sent a bunch of employees packing, including a KWGN anchor with over 33 years experience at the station (back when KWGN was the Trib's only other TV station besides WGN in Chicago and WPIX in NY). Ouch. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
