By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, WJLA-TV posted a startling article claiming that the school board had approved a multi-million dollar diesel bus contract in closed session. Here’s the problem:…
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What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One outlined the basic financial characteristics of WAMU. Part Two explained how corporate underwriting, WAMU’s second largest revenue source, collapsed after 2019. This was partially replaced…
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What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One outlined the basic financial characteristics of WAMU. Part Two explained how corporate underwriting, WAMU’s second largest revenue source, collapsed after 2019. This was partially replaced…
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What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. What caused WAMU to implement layoffs and shut down DCist? Insights into these actions may lie in its published financial statements. Let’s get started. The chart below…
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What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. WAMU’s layoffs are the latest blow to local media coverage in the region. After an ominous email was sent to staff, the radio station announced that it…
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By Adam Pagnucco. When Sinclair Broadcasting Group Executive Chairman David D. Smith bought the Baltimore Sun in January, concerns immediately arose that Smith would move the newspaper closer to the…
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Trone Blasts Fox 5
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a fiery eruption caught on video, Congressman David Trone blew up at Fox 5 reporter Tom Fitzgerald over the station’s coverage of his statements about policing. …
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Is WAMU Really Focusing on Audio?
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By Adam Pagnucco. WAMU management may have tried to put a positive spin on its layoffs and closure of DCist last week, but the truth is ugly. Using Twitter and…
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New MoCo360 Owner Discusses Plans
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By Adam Pagnucco. The CEO of Today Media, which announced its purchase of MoCo360 and Bethesda Magazine on February 9, has begun to discuss his plans for the outlets with…
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WAMU Lays Off Staff and Shuts Down DCist
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By Adam Pagnucco. Axios, the Washington Post, Washingtonian and Radio Insight are reporting that WAMU is laying off staff and shutting down DCist, which it bought in 2018. The news…