Granted, seems obcene to have been paying hundreds of thousands or perhaps the few that even contracted for millions (few, but stil some) to READ the teleprompt­ers...good steady gigs for some and the drivel that DID/DOES get aired ? Well, check the producers who call the shots as to what IS ?IS NOT aired and how aired and etc...What the public is MISSING, just PLAIN REPORTING, many would be happier to lose the bells and whistles and goo-gaw infused versions that are promoted beyond even their actual air time "reporting" as well as repetative­..Many in the audience have LONG NOTICED, the BASIC STORIES=REPORTS are the SAME ON ONE OR ANOTHER STATON, even quite often, THE SAME VIDEO CLIPS OR PICTURES OR SOUND BYTES....s­o the only differ is the on air personalities who then mistakenly have conversations between each other, sharing inside jokes or what not/whatevers while the viewing audience is held in a disrespectful limbo while bombarded by commercial breaks that seem to exceed the "nrew/weather" actual reporting times !! No wonder these media outlets are in trouble...­surprising is they fail to realize the whys/wherefores but can only assume they really do figure the public much to add'd or stupid or ignorant or too uncaring to really do something worthwhile let alone truly serving the public by informing them factually about myriad subjects that really DO matter but get obscured with far too much crappola more often than not !!

Good lord! who will report on the jumping frog contest, or the two headed calf born to Farmer Swill?

Great to witness the long-overdue demise of local TV news and their consultants who gave us a wasteland of overpaid prima donnas reporting nothing of relevance -- celebrity gossip, diets, fashion, fires, wrecks, walkathons and on and on. When was the last time local TV "personalities" did any investigative journalism or indepth reporting on city, county or state government -- unless it involves a lurid scandal or an indictment? In those instances, they send camera crews out accompanied by an aspiring TV personality for the right visuals and then quote what the local newspapers are reporting. Thank god for the Internet!

I can only hope the purge includes parts of south Louisiana. When you get a job as television anchor in Baton Rouge there is a good chance you will out last the newest Supreme Court Justice or the Pope for that matter.

Speaking of KPIX, those guys getting the axe have been around for years.... well past retirement if you ask me... definately "old media" who do the same tired standups and hackneyed happy talk at the anchor desk.
Look for the "new media" look which will be young females, not yet hired by Fox, working cheap and happy to read the prompter without making any demands (other than a pole maybe).

Maybe they can ge work here at Huff Po, there seems to be a growing number of ex-TV smiling faces showing up here, learning to write all over again.

In LA CBS now owns channels 2 and 9 and seems 'media consolidation' hasn't worked, it's reported that longtime local anchors there (they have been on several channels over the years) Harold Green and bottle blonde Ann Martin (with a rumored miilion $+ salary) will be the casualties. Less diverse news now it seems.

So, when does the purge hit Philly?

News about dinosaurs dying off at a faster rate than normal...

Traditional network ratings down.
Traditional Newspaper readership down.

Remember they all said that new media was just a fad.
Look at the corporate media's bottom lines.
The conglomerates treat the news just like any other business, so if profits are down, get out the axe.
Fourth Estate? Is that the one in the Hamptons, or Aspen, or the Riviera?

When they cut, they don't cut CEO salaries, they cut actual jobs.
Good NIght, and Good Luck.

The networks and their cable news outlets stopped covering news a long time ago. They are entertainment. When was the last time they covered actually issues at a time in our history that it's most important? They worry about everything but in the election coverage. They focus on race or silly daily comments by candidates or their supporters. $$$$$$

One percent of twelve hundred employees is twelve employees.

Don't you suppose they have that many resignations in an average month?

It's far more profitable to provide entertainment than news. That's why the news outlets probably will outsource news to China in the future.

Real news???

I'm shocked.

I can't understand why they would want to let the facts of the day interfere with the "real" story that enquiring minds want to know. After all, it's the stenographers, and pretty faces without brains that bring in the advertising revenue, and not real journalism.