A local company is reaching out to the 500 employees who lost their jobs when Time Warner Cable shut down two huge customer centers in Coudersport.
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WFRM reports: Yesterday we reported that several companies have expressed an interest in locating customer call centers here in the Coudersport area, and today comes news that one of the companies may already be here. Zito Media is announcing a nationwide “soft launch” of its new internet-based phone service and has posted a notice on its website inviting potential employees interested in learning more about possible P4B customer service or marketing jobs to attend meetings at the Coudersport Theatre. Two were held today. and another, is scheduled for Monday, February 12 at 10:00 a.m., also at the theatre. Zito Media is the Rigas family company which acquired several area cable systems when Adelphia’s other assets were sold off to Time Warner and Comcast. The company is being run by James Rigas , who was not criminally charged in the accounting scandal which brought down the company founded by his father, John Rigas, and managed Adelphia Business Solutions when it was spun off from the parent company just before the cable company’s meltdown began in early 2002. The company changed its name to ABiz and provided telephone service to business and government. With the launch, Zito Media will be entering a highly competitive market. Vonnage may be the best known to consumers because of its extensive radio and tv advertising.
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Bradford Era:
Several potential employers are interested in taking over the customer centers that Time Warner Cable will shut down in Coudersport today, putting approximately 535 people out of work.

Since that company announced it was pulling out of town, community leaders have been scrambling to find other employers to step in. While they are tight-lipped on details, local officials confirm that they have made some promising contacts over the past few weeks.

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Bradford Era:
About 525 Time Warner Cable employees in Coudersport exchanged hugs, shared personal e-mail addresses and wished each other well on Monday before walking away from their jobs for the final time.
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The Time Warner Cable customer centers in Coudersport will shut down, idling more than 500 workers.

At the same time, dozens of other people are preparing for unemployment as the Adelphia estate closes out its remaining operations in Coudersport (pop. 3,000).
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According to a report in the Potter Leader Enterprise, State Rep Marty Causer, and staff at US Senator Arlen Specter's office is surprised to hear that the county wants to by the Time Warner School building.

Officials told Leader editor Donald Gilliland that Potter County Commissioners had previously agreed that it was first priority to attract jobs to that building, and to keep it on the tax rolls.

So a move to make it the courthouse annex should be a last option, according to Causer.

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Endeavor News reports:
At least three companies have expressed an interest in locating a call center in Coudersport once Time Warner Cable (TWC) pulls out of town. Although the inquiries are now merely in the talking stages, they do offer glimmers of hope for more than 500 TWC employees whose jobs will vanish in just over two weeks.
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