According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jay Leno will pay the salaries of approximately 80 Tonight Show workers who were laid off on November 30, 2007 out of his own pocket for at least the next week.
Leno Layoffs News
- Google News: Leno Layoffs
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Tonight Show' crew laid off (December 1, 2007)
- Leno worked out the logistics of the move with The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tonight Show executive producer Debbie Vickers. Leno is the last of the high profile late night talk show hosts to commit to paying staff who suddenly found themselves out of work when the Writer's Strike began.
- Entertainment Weekly: Leno To Pay Laid-Off Staff (December 2, 2007)
- The Money Times: Employees Unhappy Even as Leno Promises to Pay from his Pocket (December 2, 2007)
- New York Times: "Strike Prompts Layoffs at NBC" (December 2, 2007)
- NBC has laid off all the staff of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien after executives declined to extend the pay period to non-writing employees of their shows.
- Broadcast Newsroom: NBC to Lay Off Leno Staff at End of Week (November 12, 2007)
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