MEDIA: Shake Up in Boston Sports Radio, Re-Apply for Your Job & Billionaire Closes Co. After Union
Monday, November 06, 2017
You're going to need a scorecard.
This week media across New England and the country exploded in financial implosions, missed debt payments, dramatic closures, and big transactions. Throw in a big FCC ruling which may have the biggest impact on local media.
It was an especially bad week for employees who are members of unions in media.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIn Rhode Island, over the past couple of weeks, we saw one of the last family-owned newspapers sell to GateHouse media - owners of the Providence Journal. The Newport Daily news was sold by the Sherman family and fate of the paper is unknown.
And, the parent company of WPRO — Cumulus — hit yet another financial pothole.
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