WLAJ shuts down local news operation
ABC affiliate WLAJ in Lansing abruptly shut down its local news operation on Friday.
Bankrupt Freedom Communications, owner of eight TV stations and 32 daily and 77 weekly newspapers, abruptly closed its local news operation at WLAJ-53-ABC in Lansing, MI (Market #115), on Friday. Management notified staff in a late afternoon meeting to cease work immediately, [...]
Freedom plans to file for Chapter 11
Freedom Communications, the owner of WWMT in Kalamazoo and WLAJ in Lansing, is expected to declare bankruptcy this week.
Freedom Communications Inc., owner of eight TV stations and 32 daily and 77 weekly newspapers, is expected to declare bankruptcy this week. The company is $770 million in debt against annual revenue of about $700 million.
The filing [...]
Freedom Communications implementing furloughs
Freedom Communications, parent company of WWMT in Kalamazoo and WLAJ in Lansing, announced a company-wide furlough program on Friday.
Faced with continuing industry weakness in advertising spending, Freedom Communications Inc., parent company of Freedom New Mexico, announced on Friday a company-wide furlough program.
Hourly and salaried associates at all levels of the company will take five days [...]
