Staffers at political news site The Hill 'freaked out' over layoff plan and editor's possible departure
Source: The Independent
Tuesday 10 December 2024 21:33 GMT
Employees at political news outlet The Hill are feeling increasingly nervous as parent company Nexstar is planning to lay off as many as 17 staffers after the holidays, multiple sources told The Independent.
Adding to the growing anxiety is the uncertainty surrounding the status of the Beltway paper’s editor-in-chief, Bob Cusack, who is still engaged in negotiations with Nexstar over his contract, which is set to expire next week. “Things are not good,” one Hill reporter told The Independent.
Editorial staffers were first made aware of the pending layoffs in a letter from The Hill’s guild this week, which explained that management revealed Nexstar planned to slash up to 17 jobs from the paper’s union of journalists during the most recent bargaining session.
Urging guild members not to panic as the union’s position is that it would be illegal for Nexstar to conduct layoffs before a contract has been reached, the letter added that the layoff plan from corporate headquarters added another “layer of complexity” to the negotiations.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/the-hill-bob-cusack-layoffs-b2662191.html
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