We've heard how the story has been told in Syracuse and Rochester. Here's what was reported in the Albany Times-Union. Kind of interesting to see how it looks in the eyes of the city that's going to benefit the most from all this.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/st...ategory=SPORTS&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=5/25/2005
Time Warner Cable will consolidate some of its three upstate 24-hour news operations in Albany this fall, but some Capital News 9 staffers will be out of a job.
News staffers in Albany, Syracuse and Rochester were informed of the consolidation plan this morning. Overall, Time Warner Cable will be cutting its upstate news staff by 15 percent.
The biggest hit will be felt in Syracuse, where 22 positions at Time Warner's News 10 Now will be cut. But 12 to 15 of those jobs -- mostly news anchors and technical people -- will be relocated to the Watervliet Avenue Extension headquarters of Capital News 9. Syracuse news will be anchored out of Albany.
In return, Albany's weather staff will be cut in half, and some weather reports will be handled out of Syracuse. The number of overall cuts at Capital News 9 will be "less than a dozen,'' according to General Manager Al Marlin, who declined to give a specific figure or name whom was let go or is transferring.
Overall, 38 news divisions positions out of 260 will be cut at News 10 Now in Syracuse, Capital News 9 in Albany and R News in Rochester. (Buffalo does not have Time Warner Cable; NY1, Time Warner's New York City news outfit, will not be affected in terms of jobs.)
After the relocation of positions from Syracuse, the overall number of jobs in the Capital News 9 building will increase.
The changes are scheduled to go in effect Oct. 3. Construction of a new News 10 Now studio in the Capital News 9 building is slated to begin next week.
Marlin stressed that each station will retain its unique local identity, even though Syracuse will get some news reports from Albany and the Capital Region will get some weathercasts from Central New York.
"We will have a local presence here in Albany. It will also be complemented with a weather team in Syracuse,'' Marlin said. "The most important thing is the local stories we are providing to our customers will not change.''
Although the economic factors are obvious, Marlin said the consolidation is the result of the three upstate stations and NY1 becoming linked with fiber-optic cable, which will allow the seamless transfer of data and stories between markets. That project is scheduled to be finished next month.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/st...ategory=SPORTS&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=5/25/2005
Time Warner Cable will consolidate some of its three upstate 24-hour news operations in Albany this fall, but some Capital News 9 staffers will be out of a job.
News staffers in Albany, Syracuse and Rochester were informed of the consolidation plan this morning. Overall, Time Warner Cable will be cutting its upstate news staff by 15 percent.
The biggest hit will be felt in Syracuse, where 22 positions at Time Warner's News 10 Now will be cut. But 12 to 15 of those jobs -- mostly news anchors and technical people -- will be relocated to the Watervliet Avenue Extension headquarters of Capital News 9. Syracuse news will be anchored out of Albany.
In return, Albany's weather staff will be cut in half, and some weather reports will be handled out of Syracuse. The number of overall cuts at Capital News 9 will be "less than a dozen,'' according to General Manager Al Marlin, who declined to give a specific figure or name whom was let go or is transferring.
Overall, 38 news divisions positions out of 260 will be cut at News 10 Now in Syracuse, Capital News 9 in Albany and R News in Rochester. (Buffalo does not have Time Warner Cable; NY1, Time Warner's New York City news outfit, will not be affected in terms of jobs.)
After the relocation of positions from Syracuse, the overall number of jobs in the Capital News 9 building will increase.
The changes are scheduled to go in effect Oct. 3. Construction of a new News 10 Now studio in the Capital News 9 building is slated to begin next week.
Marlin stressed that each station will retain its unique local identity, even though Syracuse will get some news reports from Albany and the Capital Region will get some weathercasts from Central New York.
"We will have a local presence here in Albany. It will also be complemented with a weather team in Syracuse,'' Marlin said. "The most important thing is the local stories we are providing to our customers will not change.''
Although the economic factors are obvious, Marlin said the consolidation is the result of the three upstate stations and NY1 becoming linked with fiber-optic cable, which will allow the seamless transfer of data and stories between markets. That project is scheduled to be finished next month.