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[MileHigh]

The great photographer Wilfredo Lee based in Miami just posted on social that he too has taken the buyout.

 

[SixToe]

Friend of mine in Maine is out after 34 years.

LOT of institutional knowledge being lost with this nickel-dime purge.

 

[John]

John Zenor too.

Great guy, does an outstanding job. Might be the biggest smart-ass I know (and that’s saying something, and a compliment).

https://www.cbs42.com/digital-exclu...g-after-26-years-of-covering-alabama-sports/?

Zenor might be the nicest person I know in this business.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Ohio is pretty big:

 

[tapintoamerica]

Ohio is pretty big:

That’s a lot of I-71 mileage.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

What if his city was gone?


Seriously, that's a lot of job security. Buckeyes, 2 MLB teams, 2 NFL teams, 1 NBA team and 1 NHL team. (2 MLS teams too?) Add Xavier hoops too on the off chance they're top 25.

 

[HanSenSE]

And assuming they move Beth Harris back to sports full-time, two in LA. Of course, when one is Greg Beacham ...

 

[dixiehack]

Ohio is pretty big:

Eh, it’s only high in the middle.

 

[swingline]

Eh, it’s only high in the middle.

Booooo

 

[User 149557]

They discontinued the Cleveland to CVG flight, didn’t they? You used to be able to fly that route really cheap back in the day. That would be helpful if you were trying to cover a state with 10 million people and three pro sports towns by oneself.

 

[HanSenSE]

And more on the way. EDIT: Adds story that sparked Guild statement.

 

[BTExpress]

SMH. Even the union used the term "headwinds."

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[HanSenSE]

If you'll indulge a non-sports post, first person I've seen announce taking the buyout this time is my old Spartan Daily colleague Michael Liedtke, who has covered business and technology in the San Francisco bureau since 2000. Before that, covered similar beats for the Contra Costa Times as well as writing extensive recaps of the original X Files each week.

 

[wicked]

At a time when AP’s copy appears in more places than it ever did, they’re taking a machete to the place. Make this stuff make sense.

 

[I Should Coco]

When even a not-for-profit, member-governed organization decides the answer is to slash jobs and turn everything over to AI, there's not much hope for those of us at private-owned outfits.

 

[HanSenSE]

Surprised we haven't heard who else is taking the buyout ... yet. Could be because this is a sports board, or they know how hard sports was hit last time.

 

[HanSenSE]

Link paywalled, so don't know is she took a buyout or something else is involved, but, big loss for AP sports.

 

[BTExpress]

Good thing there are no big auto races in May.

 

[HanSenSE]

Along with Andrew Seligman in Chicago the axe has claimed Cliff Brunt in OKC.