Tele-Regional - Telemundo/NBC fallout

“Five years later, the skeptics are saying “I told you so,” and NBC Universal reps are doing damage control. In October, NBC announced that it was laying off 700 employees, with 100 of them targeted for Telemundo stations. NBC’s plan for slashing expenses at Telemundo was to eliminate major-market news divisions in Texas, Arizona, and the West Coast, creating a Fort Worth-based regional hub that serves all of those stations. San Antonio’s KVDA Telemundo Channel 60 is among the stations affected by the move.

As expected, NBC officials insist that their commitment to Telemundo’s news coverage has not diminished, and that the new approach will make newscasts more efficient and effective. Not everyone is buying it.”

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