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KEXP Making Layoffs in NYC Operations
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Oh c'mon, no one is going to be all "has that hack John Richards taken a pay cut yet?"
OK, I'll say it.
Has that hack John Richards taken a pay cut yet?
OK, I'll say it.
Has that hack John Richards taken a pay cut yet?
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Way to post a confidential letter. Editorial integrity indeed. I hope there's a grand announcement when you get fired.
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How embarrassing for those who were laid off to have their announcement posted publically. I'm not sure which is worse - the loser who sent it to The Stranger, or The Stranger for having the bad judgment to publish it. We're talking about people here - people who have lost their jobs, jobs that they likely loved. C'mon people ...
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lol. how do you know it's a confidential letter, anonymous poster? I imagine since it's appears to be sent to volunteers also it's not that confidential.
Another harebrained scheme when playing with other people's money - just like buying the radio license down in olympia. i have no sympathy when they annoyingly come after us 3 times a year and expect to get $600k every time.
i use to gladly donate until they stepped up their jet setting ways and started to do all kinds of remotes all over the country. sigh, they are just not happy being seattle's community station.
i should just send checks to riz and kid hops and be done with it. :)
Another harebrained scheme when playing with other people's money - just like buying the radio license down in olympia. i have no sympathy when they annoyingly come after us 3 times a year and expect to get $600k every time.
i use to gladly donate until they stepped up their jet setting ways and started to do all kinds of remotes all over the country. sigh, they are just not happy being seattle's community station.
i should just send checks to riz and kid hops and be done with it. :)
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I can't believe that you guys posted something that clearly said CONFIDENTIAL in the subject line, especially as to go so far as to post PEOPLE'S names in your "reporting." I am really disappointed with you guys. This was so wrong, especially when times are as tough as they are.
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this isn't the first time the stranger has posted NAMES of people being laid off - they did it when the UW Henry Art Gallery laid off folks as well. stupid "reporting". keep news like this private, unless they are a public offical.
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A small point of fact: while the staff that was laid-off supports the New York programming, they are not situated in New York. All of them worked right here in Seattle. So, uh, nicely done with your reporting?
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Gandy, pretty much one of the bigger dick moves by you n' the stranger I've seen y'all pull. I see the validity of you reporting on these lay offs because it's newsworthy, but print a redacted letter. Give those that got the hook some sympathy n' leave their names out. I believe you owe them all an apology, and a drink. Unless, of course, they all signed off on you publishing their names, but I doubt that occurred.
n' to your source, way to shit on the station and folks you worked/volunteered with ...
n' to your source, way to shit on the station and folks you worked/volunteered with ...
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Eric, this is truly a lame move on your part and the Stranger. Was the news that KEXP was laying off some support staff so newsworthy that you had to embarrass these individuals in your haste to get this oh so red hot piece out. Are you having compulsion control issues? You’re an adult, act like it.
If someone pours a beer on your head don’t be too surprised.
If someone pours a beer on your head don’t be too surprised.
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@5: beef, the header in the memo sent to staff members and volunteers was marked confidential, something that Grandy left out in his post.
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It is fairly typical for reporters to report on confidential material if they can get a leak. That's what a leak is. This is in no way a violation of any 'journalistic ethics' in any way that I can figure. It is always sad to hear about someone losing their job.
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It seems like someone in management at KEXP should also be losing their job. As Americans listen to less and less traditional radio, KEXP management thought it wise to try to expand to Tacoma/Olympia a few years ago and NYC most recently, both proved to be poor decisions that cost the station dearly (not to mention these moves were partially funded by local donations, even though the dollars donated were spent on markets outside Seattle). I sympathize with how tough it must be to financially support a radio station with a shrinking audience as people listen more and more to iPods, Last.fm, sattelite radio, podcasts, etc. Like with newspapers, radio stations face a declining audience. But it seems like whoever is at the helm of KEXP has been making some poor decisions on the station's future that really haven't helped.
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why is KEXP in NYC anyway? there's no reason for it. who cares? i moved to California and STILL listen via the internet and my iphone app that streams public radio. (for my ride home) i wouldn't expect KEXP to come down to LA, so why would they go to NYC? sounds like a waste of money to me.
don't get me wrong, i feel bad for the people who lost their jobs, especially if they were local Washingtonians who had their names plastered on the Strangers' website for no good reason. but, the better questions is, why don't they save a TON of money, shut down the NYC thing they're doing and maybe rehire the people they let go back here in Seattle! keep KEXP local, it's worked so far!
don't get me wrong, i feel bad for the people who lost their jobs, especially if they were local Washingtonians who had their names plastered on the Strangers' website for no good reason. but, the better questions is, why don't they save a TON of money, shut down the NYC thing they're doing and maybe rehire the people they let go back here in Seattle! keep KEXP local, it's worked so far!
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It was definitely strange to learn the my friend was laid off from KEXP before he had a chance to tell me himself. Scooped by The Stranger.
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Holy Christ. It takes a special sort of asshole to publish the names of some behind-the-scenes folks laid off by a community radio station. The layoffs are news, but the names of the non-DJs laid off sure as hell are not. Did you find out if they had a chance to tell their friends and family before you posted the non-news of the names of the laid off folks? What a dick.
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