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KTLA-TV Layoffs Spark Outrage Amid Cost-Cutting Merger

2/28/2026

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Nexstar Media Group announced KTLA-TV layoffs as cost-cutting tied to its $6.2 billion merger with Tegna.
KTLA meteorologist Mark Kriski, who joined KTLA in 1991, and KTLA anchors Lu Parker and Glen Walker were cut.
Reporter Ellina Abovian was laid off on her 40th birthday and said she felt "blindsided."
SAG-AFTRA criticized the cuts for undermining local journalism and community trust.
Remaining KTLA staff face a climate of fear.

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Nexstar Media Group announced KTLA-TV layoffs as cost-cutting tied to its $6.2 billion merger with Tegna.
KTLA meteorologist Mark Kriski, who joined KTLA in 1991, and KTLA anchors Lu Parker and Glen Walker were cut.
Reporter Ellina Abovian was laid off on her 40th birthday and said she felt "blindsided."
SAG-AFTRA criticized the cuts for undermining local journalism and community trust.
Remaining KTLA staff face a climate of fear.