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Sunday, June 22, 2008

WKRC's New Owners Cut 18

Up to 18 WKRC-TV newsroom and engineering employees lost their jobs Wednesday in a companywide cutback by new owners Newport Television.
Eleven news department staffers and seven engineers were told Wednesday their jobs had been eliminated, according to Channel 12 employees. Some were offered six months' severance.
Newport Television purchased the 56 Clear Channel TV stations in March for $1.1 billion.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/BIZ01/806190324/1025/LIFE

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