CBS’s KPIX-TV San Francisco didn’t violate state laws when it...
CBS’s KPIX-TV San Francisco didn’t violate state laws when it laid off two of its older news employees in 2008, a federal appeals court found, affirming a lower court’s decision. The lawsuit came out of layoffs that followed a corporate…
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directive to cut each CBS-owned station’s budget 10 percent that year, the opinion of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. Though the two employees the station laid off were the oldest of several news employees, “KPIX offered legitimate non-discriminatory reasons for its layoff decision,” the opinion said. “This case demonstrates that reduced advertising revenues, whether caused by competition from online news outlets or our nation’s economic downturn, have taken a significant toll on local television stations."