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…
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What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part Three
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…
What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part Two
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…
What Caused the WAMU Layoffs? Part One
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…
Top Stories: February 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in February 2024, ranked by page views. 1. Is WAMU in Trouble? 2….
Is WAMU Really Focusing on Audio?
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…
WAMU Lays Off Staff and Shuts Down DCist
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…
Is WAMU in Trouble?
By Adam Pagnucco. The local media world is buzzing tonight that WAMU 88.5, the NPR station based at American University, could be in big trouble. …
WAMU Staff Forming a Union
By Adam Pagnucco. The content staff at WAMU has announced on Twitter that they are forming a union. Their petition to management is reprinted below….