As of Friday, ABC (the TV people, who also provide coverage to Citadel's ABC
Radio network) laid off 1/3 of its workforce.

I could never understand why ABC had to have separate bureaus from their O&O
stations. Now, I guess they won't. A 1/3 cut in staff is dramatic. Even
Brian Rooney was let go. The NY Times reports that their London bureau, which
covers much of Europe has gone from 100 people to about a dozen today.

I'm reading a story from a 1934 radio magazine when the networks began
building their news staffs. Prior to that time, the networks didn't
have much of a news presence. Newspapers hated the competition so much that
they began de-listing the networks from their daily radio program listings.
There was actualy a time when newspapers dropped radio coverage except for
their own stations if they had them. My how times have changed.