Univision Puerto Rico today announced it’s shutting down all of its departments, including news operations, effectively cancelling all local newscasts. That means 109 people are out of a job, according to the journalism union UPAGRA.
Laid off reporters went on social media to report that they’re out of a job and that Univision Canal 11 will now become a repeater station, airing Univision network programming.
Las Noticias cierra me despido de ustedes hasta nuevo aviso.
— Daisy Sánchez (@daisysanchezpr) October 17, 2014
Univision será una repetidora.
— Daisy Sánchez (@daisysanchezpr) October 17, 2014
An inside source confirmed the elimination of all local newscasts in Puerto Rico and that Univision is consolidating its local media divisions under one management team, similar to what it did in August during its nationwide management restructuring of the mainland stations.
This story is developing. More to come.