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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Top Stories: February 2024
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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. New Proposed Interim Superintendent Has…
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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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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…
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Is WAMU in Trouble?
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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. An email allegedly written by…
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WAMU Staff Forming a Union
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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. WAMU Union We, the undersigned…
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