alaskanews 107 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 6:10 AM, MetroCity said: Over the years, I’ve interviewed with both of these people. I’ve competed against each of them at different times, and worked with a number of their former employees. I interviewed with Friend as well, and while being a white man (I don't know if he knew I was gay) I still got a very weird vibe. That plus the low paying freelance offer made it pretty easy to pass on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggi 600 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Dunn and Friend are officially fired. Announcement coming tomorrow evening. Update: My contact at CBS said there would be a statement today, but it was not termination - turns out CBS is launching another investigation and has retained counsel. An announcement went out to staff this evening. One can only wonder if this will result in action against more than just Dunn & Friend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Why wait until tomorrow...... Oh wait. Yeah. Friday News Dump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 431 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 2 hours ago, noggi said: Dunn and Friend are officially fired. Announcement coming tomorrow evening. https://j.gifs.com/81Gnq3.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1149 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 4 hours ago, noggi said: Dunn and Friend are officially fired. Good. Good f*cking riddance. Hopefully the stations execs ViacomCBS hire next will pay attention to this scandal and do their jobs right, with the utmost respect to everyone for who and what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYTV 107 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 And now this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroiter313 178 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 17 hours ago, noggi said: Dunn and Friend are officially fired. Announcement coming tomorrow evening. Here's hoping the next hires for the CBS Television Stations unit would be more respectful to any journalist, man or woman, regardless of market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Let this be the start of massive change at the O&Os. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 779 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/28/2021 at 6:12 PM, noggi said: Dunn and Friend are officially fired. Announcement coming tomorrow evening. Update: My contact at CBS said there would be a statement today, but it was not termination - turns out CBS is launching another investigation and has retained counsel. An announcement went out to staff this evening. One can only wonder if this will result in action against more than just Dunn & Friend? Just wanted to make sure that noggi's correction didn't get lost by being an edit instead of a new comment. Here's the announcement of the investigation that was announced yesterday: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-01-29/cbs-hires-outside-law-firm-peter-dunn-racism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 179 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Peter Dunn & David Friend should be fired and shouldn't get a sweetheart retirement package either and staff at the CBS O&O's should sue Dunn & Friend for making there lives a living hell that isn't right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1487 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 KCNC News Director Tim Wieland has been tapped to double as WFOR’s interim news director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner 212 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 If I'm not mistaken, Tim is one of the few good ones in management among the O&Os so hopefully he'll help find the right one to lead this very embattled station. I'm sure there was no love lost between the team at WFOR and the old ND, Liz, who left for KHOU anyways. As an aside, WFOR isn't discussed at length in the LA Times stories, but...Michele Gillen, anyone? And Tammy Dombeck at KTVT? Seriously, there need to be more exposés of the terrible management running the CBS O&Os because everything's rotten to the core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1487 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Yeah, he's been at KCNC a long time. I get the sense that it's a pretty good place to work as there usually isn't a lot of turnover. It's not the market leader of course, but it's probably more competitive than a lot of the other O&Os. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Another LA Times blockbuster about racism at WCBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Georgie56 said: Another LA Times blockbuster about racism at WCBS. The most damning part of that article is that The AG for the state of New York is involved in the investigation into WCBS as well. The fact that even State AGs are getting involved with it says a lot about how widespread this has gone. (even though it's only New York State's AG so far that's been involved with this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanErrorist 100 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The name of this thread should be changed as it has expanded beyond the matter of a golf club membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1552 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, AmericanErrorist said: The name of this thread should be changed as it has expanded beyond the matter of a golf club membership. Hey. Don't you diss my golf game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4159 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 hey now, golf is always been better when Max Headroom yammers on and on about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amra 130 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Scott Jones reported this yesterday: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2021/2/3/will-cbs-be-dunn-and-unfriended-on-friday Quote Word is that KCBS General Manager Jay Howell is trying to find who is leaking information to FTVLive and other media outlets like the LA Times. Hmm it seems that my hunch was correct about Jay Howell being trash like Dunn & Friend. It definitely seems that when Dunn & Friend are terminated, Howell should be one of the first GM heads to roll as well. And maybe bring someone outside from CBS to be the O&O President. Or if they do promote someone from with-in, it should be either from WBBM's Derek Dalton or KCNC's Walt DeHaven. Hell or give Brien Kennedy the job. He brought up his concerns and got canned unjustifiably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1552 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/5/2021 at 3:52 PM, Amra said: Scott Jones reported this yesterday: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2021/2/3/will-cbs-be-dunn-and-unfriended-on-friday Hmm it seems that my hunch was correct about Jay Howell being trash like Dunn & Friend. It definitely seems that when Dunn & Friend are terminated, Howell should be one of the first GM heads to roll as well. And maybe bring someone outside from CBS to be the O&O President. Or if they do promote someone from with-in, it should be either from WBBM's Derek Dalton or KCNC's Walt DeHaven. Hell or give Brien Kennedy the job. He brought up his concerns and got canned unjustifiably. I disagree with Walt DeHaven's promotion. I know the insides of KCNC... He's not a good fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Follow up. CBS has completed its probe. Along with the departure of Dunn & Friend, it has also released KCBS/KCAL GM Jay Howell & WBBM GM Derek Dalton. CBS executive Wendy McMahon posted this memo: Quote “After six months of an extremely thorough and exhaustive review of our organization and culture, I am writing to let you know the external investigation into leadership at our Stations has concluded and, as a result, we will be seeking new general managers for our Los Angeles and Chicago stations.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1487 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Dang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 529 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 57 minutes ago, CircleSeven said: Follow up. CBS has completed its probe. Along with the departure of Dunn & Friend, it has also released KCBS/KCAL GM Jay Howell & WBBM GM Derek Dalton. CBS executive Wendy McMahon posted this memo: Good friggin riddance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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