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Golf Channel Slashes Orlando Staff As It Transitions Ops To Stamford

Golf Channel told most of its Orlando-based staff that it "would be laid off starting August 29, then allowed those staffers to reapply for a smaller pool of jobs," according to Lusk & Schupak of GOLFWEEK. The NBC-owned net in February announced that it would move its offices from Orlando to Stamford, Conn., "starting later this year as part of a corporate consolidation." All employees will be "allowed to reapply for their jobs -- if they’re still available." Those whose jobs are eliminated in Phase I will "find out as early" as today that their current jobs will end Aug. 29. Those in Phase II will be "let go sometime between" Oct. 31-Dec. 31. It was "unclear what percentage of the staff will be let go, but only a small fraction of existing jobs are expected to be made available for relocation to Stamford." Most production jobs are "expected to be filled by people already employed there." The lost jobs "come in all categories, from camera operators to producers to website writers" (GOLFWEEK.com, 6/22).

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