WASHINGTONPOST (Casey Parks) - A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance
Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - SiriusXM may axe Howard Stern's second channel after gutting his staff in two rounds of layoffs
Howard Stern's dedicated SiriusXM channel Howard 101 faces possible cancellation after the platform slashed more than 50 jobs from his production team in two waves, leaving the once-dominant radio franchise running on fumes. Sources who spoke to The U.S. Sun say the channel, which airs old interviews and clips from the show's two-decade run, may […] The post SiriusXM may axe Howard Stern's second channel after gutting his staff in two rounds of layoffs appeared first on American Almanac .
Howard Stern's dedicated SiriusXM channel Howard 101 faces possible cancellation after the platform slashed more than 50 jobs from his production team in two waves, leaving the once-dominant radio franchise running on fumes. Sources who spoke to The U.S. Sun say the channel, which airs old interviews and clips from the show's two-decade run, may not survive the staffing collapse. With the crew that produced Howard 101's content largely gone, insiders expect SiriusXM to fold whatever archival material remains into Howard 100, Stern's primary channel, and shut the second one down. The warning follows a brutal stretch for Stern's operation. On February 12, SiriusXM cut at least 40 people in a first round of layoffs that hit mostly…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Jon Blitt responds to Howard Stern Show firing with Old Navy comedy bit
Fired Howard Stern Show talent Jon Blitt broke his silence on the mass layoffs with an Instagram video pretending to start a "new job" folding clothes at Old Navy, a light jab that underscores just how little Stern's long-serving staff walked away with. Blitt, one of four on-air personalities cut from the SiriusXM show on […] The post Jon Blitt responds to Howard Stern Show firing with Old Navy comedy bit appeared first on American Almanac .
Fired Howard Stern Show talent Jon Blitt broke his silence on the mass layoffs with an Instagram video pretending to start a "new job" folding clothes at Old Navy, a light jab that underscores just how little Stern's long-serving staff walked away with. Blitt, one of four on-air personalities cut from the SiriusXM show on July 13, posted the short clip showing himself inside what appeared to be an Old Navy store, deadpanning his way through a first-day orientation nobody asked for. "So today is my first day working at Old Navy," Blitt said in the video. He kept the bit rolling from there, coining a new workplace mantra. "It's different from my last job, but its a job, and the first thing I learned is ABF, 'Always Be Folding.'" The line…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Meg Hilling) - Amazon to cut 16,000 jobs in latest round of layoffs
Amazon said it will offer US-based employees 90 days to find a new role internally and that transition support, including severance, would be provided.