The Post’s Peter Lauria today updates the story we already told you about on Monday: that Jeff Zucker-ordered savings in NBC’s news division is going to amount to massive job cuts.
He’s looking to save some $20 to $40 million, with pink slips coming this week or next at MSNBC and NBC News; CNBC will be saved, supposedly, because they need all the horsepower against Fox Business Network they can muster. Two big names are known to be out the door: primetime programming chief and Bill Wolf (holdover from Rick Kaplan’s era) and editorial director Davidson Goldin (who came over when Dan Abrams was general manager). But those helping build the competitive primetime slate at MSNBC shouldn’t have much to fear; Zucker wants to keep that spirit alive. Happy holidays!
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