KOTV Layoffs

[Samalicious]

Job cuts at Channel 6.
http://tvspy.vault.com/cb/mb/mb_main.jsp?forum_id=11391&parrefer=247&ch_id=424

[Ibanez]

I've never understood their "Internet Reports" so maybe they got rid of those people. Seemed like a waste.

[Gaspar]

Ditto!

[RecycleMichael]

I hope they kept all the good people.

It would be a shame to have a channel 5.9

[Conan71]

Posting rumors from one forum to another, tsk tsk.

Googling only produces a link to us.

Hope you are right and not panicking the folks down at 6.

[weatherwise]

Its true and a sad day at KOTV.  Its not limited to the web team either.  The KOTV management looks very similar to the SEM group management.  New helicopter, and new building at a time when TV begins to decay.  Not too smart in my opinion.

[Michael71]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

I hope they kept all the good people.

It would be a shame to have a channel 5.9

If they kept Margaret Stokes...it would be channel 10.0

[OkieDiva]

No idea whether it's legit, but there's now a "memo" - detailing 13 layoffs - posted on the forum Samalicious linked.

Tough business. TV stations and newspapers nationwide have been cutting staff. Not just a Tulsa problem. When the economy sags, the advertising and marketing budgets are often trimmed first. And a shrinking pool of folks get their news from mainstream media, meaning even those advertisers not scaling back are considering other sources/new ways to advertise.

[patric]

Thats a shame.  Their website was the most current , and often the only one worth going to at times.
Between FOX23 and KOTV there sure are a lot of people being dumped on the street right now.

[Radar]

So are we done with Travis?

[weatherwise]

No, he continues to get paid $300,000 a year.  

Yes, tv is in troubled times, but poor management decisions have lead to this problem.  They had to go out and purchase the most expensive helicopter, and then turnaround and throw cash out the window on their mega new communications center.

Its like buying a lexus when you only make enough for a geo metro.  But, you spend more than you have and it will come back to bite you in the butt.  And sadly, 13 people had to be the butt of the situation.  Hopefully, management will get some of the bite as well.

[GG]

quote:Originally posted by weatherwise

No, he continues to get paid $300,000 a year.  

Yes, tv is in troubled times, but poor management decisions have lead to this problem.  They had to go out and purchase the most expensive helicopter, and then turnaround and throw cash out the window on their mega new communications center.

Its like buying a lexus when you only make enough for a geo metro.  But, you spend more than you have and it will come back to bite you in the butt.  And sadly, 13 people had to be the butt of the situation.  Hopefully, management will get some of the bite as well.

Wow Travis Myers makes $300,000 a year.   Good for him!  I just love free market capitalism.
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[naenae42day]

Is it just me...or does Travis look like a retired porn star?

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by naenae42day

Is it just me...or does Travis look like a retired porn star?

Retired?

[inteller]

considering they were the #1 web site in town, it is pretty stupid that they axed the internet side of the house.

oh well, their main competitor will hire some of those people (Tulsa World)