Entertainment News
2006-02-07
Financial
problems plague Q Television
Employees at Q
Television Network claim they are not being paid, as the
company faces increasing financial difficulties.
Employees at Q
Television Network, one of three cable channels aimed at
gay and lesbian viewers, claim that they are not being paid
as the company faces increasing financial
difficulties. Two employees, speaking on condition of
anonymity, revealed that an internal memo indicated that
one of Q's investors had dropped out, leaving the company to
scramble for funds. It was reported Friday on Out.com
that the network was going "on hiatus" until February
13, but at that time Q's executive vice president of
network operations, Carol Hinnant, reported that
full-time employees would continue to be paid.
When contacted by
Advocate.com on Monday, Hinnant refused to comment
on the late paychecks but said, "Every network has growing
pains. We'll be back on the 13th, and we hope [our
employees] will be back." Hinnant disputed claims by
one of the Q employees that most of the network staff
had gone home Monday after being informed that the
paychecks they were due to receive on February 1, and then
on February 3, would still not be available.
(Advocate.com)
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