Global shutting Quebec City master control

QUEBEC CITY – Global Television will be letting 12 employees go from CKMI, the English-language Quebec City TV station, the end of November this year. Following an industry trend, the company is consolidating its master control operations in Toronto. The group being let go includes one manager and 11 unionized staffers. “We’re just doing what CTV and CBC and the French networks did ages ago,” CKMI station manager Karen MacDonald told www.cartt.ca today. MacDonald stressed that Global was not pulling back from its editorial coverage of the provincial capital, pointing to the fact that its four reporter newsroom is the...