WBUR (political sisters-in-arms with the Boston Globe) performs the
ancient ritual of bloodletting:
WBUR lays off 29, freezes salaries and says goodbye to four senior leaders
This is heartbreaking.
Show of hands? That's what I thought.
WBUR Radio (90.9 FM) is laying off 29 people “because of the economic fallout of the past several months,” according to a memo sent to the staff by the station’s chief executive officer, Margaret Low. A salary freeze has been imposed. In addition, senior executives Tom Melville, John Davidow and Peter Lydotes are leaving, and Sam Fleming will retire later this year.
Overall, Low says, the current budget of $46 million will be reduced to $40 million in the next fiscal year.
The memo also contains some ideas and observations about increasing the diversity of the staff and about the station’s ongoing commitment to local news.
Learn to code, assholes.
1 comment:
I'm all in favor of diversity and inclusion, but it seems like WBUR has bigger concerns at the moment, like remaining on the air...
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