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Layoffs rumoured at CNN International
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| February 15, 2004
Posted on 02/15/2004 1:01:22 PM PST by Timesink
Layoffs rumoured at CNN International
Beleaguered global news service CNN International is rumoured to be considering major redundancies in a cost-cutting exercise.
From our rumourmill correspondent
F---edCompany.com's Super Happy Fun Slander Corner is reporting that AOL-Time-Warner is considering "mega-layoffs" at it's international channel, CNN International.
CNN has come under domestic pressure from News Corporation's Fox News whilst internationally BBC World and Sky News continue to give the broadcaster a hard time.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cablenewsnetwork; chickennoodlenews; cnn; cnninternational; cnnschadenfreude; layoffs; liberalmedia; rumor; schadenfreude
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A cryin' shame.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:01:22 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; Miss Marple; Tamsey; ...
This is the New York Times CNN Schadenfreude Ping List. Freepmail me to be added or dropped.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:04:17 PM PST
by
Timesink
(Smacky is power.)
To: Timesink
Awwww, now isn't that too bad. And to get your clock beaten by BBC International is bad, but Sky News and FOX too.
There will be a lot of resumes on the street soon and being a Liberal is not a job enhancer fit for the cover letter.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:06:34 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Timesink
All your jobs belong to India.....
Thank you very much.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:08:28 PM PST
by
traumer
(Even paranoids have enemies)
To: Timesink
It should be easy for those terminated to find employment with Al Jazeera.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:10:01 PM PST
by
Lexington Green
(Benedict Arnold won medals too.)
To: Timesink
My heart is bleedin'. Do ya think Dobbs might be handed his walking papers?
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:11:47 PM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Timesink
Oh gosh! I feel so bad.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:13:40 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Freedom isn't won by soundbites but by the unyielding determination and sacrifice given in its cause)
To: Timesink
Break out the violins.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:13:48 PM PST
by
mewzilla
To: Timesink
You mean Christianne Amanpour will soon be selling her wares on some streetcorner for $20 a pop?
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:14:50 PM PST
by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: Timesink
maybe they can out-source to India
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:16:55 PM PST
by
raloxk
To: Timesink
These layed off employees from the Clintoon news network can just shift their positions to tour guides at the Clintoon library.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:17:42 PM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(G.W. Bush in 2004)
To: Timesink
I hate to say it, but CNN International, while much more biased than domestic CNN, is still many times better than BBC World. They are our only choices under UBC (Shin) sattelite (Thailand).
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:18:44 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: Timesink
Al Jazeera is trying to establish a US broadcast. I'm sure they are hiring.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:33:03 PM PST
by
weegee
(Election 2004: Re-elect President Bush... Don't feed the trolls.)
To: JimSEA
BBC isn't doing too well recently, either. And I know Murdoch has been trying to move into China. Perhaps you'll be seeing Sky News in Thailand one of these days.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:33:41 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Timesink
CNNinternational is so anti-american it makes CNNusa look noncomittal.
CNN is going!
To: JimSEA
As far as English news is concerned, I get CNN International and BBC in the Netherlands. Both real bad. The Dutch TV is not any better in my opinion. If it were not for FR I'd go nuts.
I used to live in Bangkok, many years ago. As an American I was well received. How is it today?
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:40:54 PM PST
by
Cap Huff
To: JimSEA
Apart from the bias, I find CNN International awfully boring. I don't exactly know what it is. It seems they have too many who-cares stories like eco-planning in the Congo or Nepal spiritual retreats. It's painful to watch.
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posted on
02/15/2004 1:47:09 PM PST
by
xeno
To: xeno
CNN International IS boring. When I was traveling to Belgium in the 1991 to 1993 time frame, it was the ONLY English language channel on the TV in the hotel room. It was so boring that I resorted to watching movies on the French, Dutch, German and Italian stations. Many of the locals had satellite dishes. That opened up a much wider range of entertainment than the stock hotel offering.
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:05:38 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Timesink
Outsourced to India, no doubt. Why pay megabucks for "reporters"(spinners) who are not bringing viewers in anyway?
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posted on
02/15/2004 2:08:01 PM PST
by
freeangel
(freeangel)
To: Timesink
I hope they are not just rumors!
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