The Quiet Cuts at Cox (Patreon)

For years the Cox stations were looked at as a company that gets it right. 

Cox had always been about doing straight news, doing it well, and not worried about the fluff and BS you will likely see at say a Tegna station. 

But, since Cox has been bought out by hedge fund company Apollo, many insiders say things are slowly changing. 

A Source tells FTVLive that, "Several sections of the news department, public affairs, sales, programming, and security have been cut - some being given a month notice and some small severance package depending on time with the company."

The Cox station here in Jacksonville has grounded their news chopper. Some open jobs at other Cox stations are not being filled. 

Word is that at WSB in Atlanta as some people were being cut, the station made a new position and a new hire. 

Here is the internal email sent to the staff at WSB from News Director Suzanne Nadell and obtained by FTVLive:

Some are questioning the need for another manager when the station is getting rid of people inside the newsroom? 

Cox used to be the gold standard in the industry, but that seems to be slowly changing as the Apollo appears to have much more interest in the bottom line than they do covering news. 

Welcome to TV in 2020.