Nexstar's Cuts Hit Creative Services

[24994J 5888]

The same week that Nexstar cut 17 (at last count) high-profile on-air talent at their three largest stations, now we're getting word from our online & Nexstar sources that sweeping cuts are now being made across any and all Creative Services departments. Number of people and/or stations being impacted are still unclear, but this all appears to be part of cost reductions as the company looks to ram through complete its acquisition of the Tegna group stations.

 

I'll post more details when I hear it.

[Weeters 2173]

It sure sounds to me like they are trying to implement the Tegna model before the merger goes through...

 

There's a controversial word used for Tegna stations "Tegnafiying"... and I think Nexstar caught it.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1158]

16 hours ago, 24994J said:

The same week that Nexstar cut 17 (at last count) high-profile on-air talent at their three largest stations, now we're getting word from our online & Nexstar sources that sweeping cuts are now being made across any and all Creative Services departments. Number of people and/or stations being impacted are still unclear, but this all appears to be part of cost reductions as the company looks to ram through complete its acquisition of the Tegna group stations.

 

I'll post more details when I hear it.

I wonder if this means that WOOD-TV will lose their creative services.. I kinda hope they do, ONLY because their graphics package kinda sucks, especially with the implementation of the Roboto fonts... It looks very dated for a Top 50 market.