December 2nd, 2008 
joel The rumor mill is going in overdrive regarding the future of the news operations of WICU and WSEE in the new year.
Details of an internal memo have been released on GoErie’s forum and referred to by commenters here at The Press and Tower. Requests for comment and confirmation by WSEE management have not been returned.
According to the leaked reports, in order to prepare for a projected double-digit decline in revenues, the idea attributed to owner Brian Lilly is to expand the facilities at the WICU plant on State Street to accommodate both staffs and to consolidate the newsteam, combining producers and reporters from both stations to create all the news products for both. In the process some 15 to 20 employees would be eliminated.
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