Overview
- WBZ-TV eliminated five positions this week, including longtime political analyst Jon Keller, according to local reports.
- Keller, described by the station as freelance on-air talent who joined in 2005, declined to comment when reached by phone.
- The station’s cuts are part of Paramount’s plan to shed about 2,000 jobs, or roughly 10% of its workforce, across news, cable, and film units.
- About 1,000 of those layoffs were initiated Wednesday, according to reporting that cites an Associated Press source.
- No WBZ photographers or engineers represented by IBEW Local 1228 were cut in this round, and SAG-AFTRA declined comment on the on-air and producer ranks.
- Ellison has moved quickly to reshape the company, including acquiring The Free Press and naming its founder Bari Weiss to lead CBS News.