TBD to lose most of its employees, retool as an arts and entertainment site
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Six months after its debut, the TBD news website is losing most of its work force and will retool as an arts and entertainment niche site.
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Arlington-based Allbritton Communications Co. — which also owns television station WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington — launched TBD in August with plans to aggressively cover local news in the region.
Initial plans called for a staff of about 50 journalists. But TBD editor Erik Wemple said that Wednesday's restructuring will reduce TBD staff from about two dozen to about eight staffers.
Wednesday's changes come two weeks after TBD was placed under the direction of WJLA's station manager and the company announced plans to restore the wjla.com website and its NewsChannel 8 cable station, which had been rebranded under the TBD name.
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