{"id":2300276,"date":"2026-02-25T23:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2300276"},"modified":"2026-02-25T23:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:49:33","slug":"sag-aftra-president-sounds-alarm-over-local-tv-station-layoffs-across-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sag-aftra-president-sounds-alarm-over-local-tv-station-layoffs-across-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"SAG-AFTRA President Sounds Alarm Over Local TV Station Layoffs Across U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

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SAG-AFTRA<\/a> leaders are laying into Nexstar<\/a> for conducting sweeping layoffs at local television stations across the country, saying the action demonstrates the dangers of media consolidation.<\/p>\n

Local L.A. station Ktla<\/a>, Chicago station WGN<\/a> and Wpix<\/a> in New York have all reportedly been impacted by the cuts. In L.A. alone, anchors Glen Walker<\/a> and Lu Parker<\/a> and meteorologist Mark Kriski<\/a> have been swept up in round the layoffs, The Los Angeles Times reported. SAG-AFTRA claims that eight union members have been laid off at Chicago\u2019s WGN.<\/p>\n

Leaders of the performers\u2019 union, which represents local TV journalists, went on the offensive about the layoffs on Wednesday. \u201cBy laying off journalists across the country, Nexstar is eroding the resources and talent that local communities rely on for trusted news,\u201d union president Sean Astin<\/a> said in a statement on Wednesday. \u201cThese actions highlight the risks of media consolidation and underscore the…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SAG-AFTRA leaders are laying into Nexstar for conducting sweeping layoffs at local television stations across the country, saying the action demonstrates the dangers of media consolidation. Local L.A. station Ktla, Chicago station WGN and Wpix in New York have all reportedly been impacted by the cuts. In L.A. alone, anchors Glen Walker and Lu Parker […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2300277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2300276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAG-AFTRA-President-Sounds-Alarm-Over-Local-TV-Station-Layoffs-Across.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2300278,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300276\/revisions\/2300278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}