Four Fired Reporters: We're Not 4 New York

Four recognizable faces from the News Channel 4 team will no longer be with the station after it was announced yesterday that their contracts are not being renewed. Sports anchor Otis Livingston, weathercaster SallyAnn Moseley, anchor Monica Morales and longtime reporter Carolyn Gusoff (pictured) were all let go by WNBC amidst cutbacks as the station transforms itself in preparation for a NY1-style 24-hour news channel. A staff member told the Post, "These are big names. These are people who are considered a central part of our team, and the news that they're going has left us lost for words. Morale is not good." And to add to the wreckage, the News notes, "Ironically, word of the cuts got out on the day that the station shot its annual group Christmas sing-along promotional spot by the tree in Rockefeller Center." Look closely for the pain behind those radiant Sue Simmons eyes (as always).

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By Billy Parker in News on December 6, 2008 2:00 PM

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rehoboth

Everyone wants in on something newsy. Look how all the

major stations carry an Obama press conference.

As for Carolyn, a Masters in Journalism and all we can think about is what shows in that photo. Even on her

website (the obvious) there's a photo that makes you think about more than journalism. Maybe she should

work for channel "2"

nycnewsjunkie

#2

Not true, I have Cablevision with NY1.

r1b2

If Gusoff wore that top on air, she'd still have a job.

Pull My Finger

I will miss those tits.

NannyState

They could have doubled their ratings if they let Carolyn bend forward to a weathermap on the floor.

CedDi80

Seriously?

I'm not impressed. In the last six months they've compleatly gutted the morning "Today in NY" that I've watched for eight years and gotten rid of most of the GOOD reporters! The new ones just aren't cutting it...and I've since switched to CBS.