PORTLAND -- Two recently-sold northwest TV stations announced layoffs Monday, according to a report in The Oregonian.
Portland s KATU-TV laid off nine employees and its Seattle sister station KOMO-TV laid off 18 people, according to the report by Steve Duin.
The stations were part of Fisher Communications, a northwest broadcast group which was sold earlier this year to the Sinclair Broadcasting Group for $373 million.
Sinclair has been the subject of scrutiny and criticism for its recent expansion and methods of operating TV stations around the country, most recently in a critical review published in the Wall Street Journal.
