CNN Cuts Entire Science, Tech Team

Quagmire! NBC, CNN Cut Hundreds of Jobs
JammieWearingFool — ... Universal will be cutting up to 500 jobs in a round of layoffs which are now underway at all levels of the company — television, film and parks. That amounts to about 3% of the workforce. An insider with knowledge of the situation says the cuts are expected to continue into next week. ... Last month, TVNewser reported the network was offering buyouts to "virtually everyone." If enough employees did not accept the offer, layoffs were to be the next step. Meanwhile, CNN is lopping off entire units . CNN, the Cable News Network, announced yesterday that it will cut its entire ...

CNN downgrades science, space, and technology
Political Animal — ... . "Now that the bulk of our environmental coverage is offered through the Planet in Peril franchise, which is part of the AC360 program, there is no need for a separate unit," a spokesperson said. The reassurances aren't reassuring . [T]he big question, of course, is whether or not the reorganization will decrease the overall amount of CNN's science, technology, and environment coverage. CNN says no, but it's hard to imagine that it won't -- Anderson Cooper or not, fewer people is fewer people. What's more, the decision to eliminate the positions seems particularly misguided ...

Sadly, Glenn Beck and Loud Dobbs Still Have Jobs
Balloon Juice — Cuts at CNN: CNN, the Cable News Network, announced yesterday that it will cut its entire science, technology, and environment news staff, including Miles O’Brien, its chief technology and environment correspondent, as well as six executive producers. Mediabistro’s TVNewser broke the story. “We want to integrate environmental, science and technology reporting into the general editorial structure rather than have a stand alone unit,” said CNN spokesperson Barbara Levin. “Now that ...

Lou Dobbs still employed
Rising Hegemon — So at least CNN has it's "priorities" in order: CNN, the Cable News Network, announced yesterday that it will cut its entire science, technology, and environment news staff, including Miles O’Brien, its chief technology and environment correspondent, as well as six executive producers. Mediabistro’s TVNewser broke the story.

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