Verizon Fios will cease operations of its Fios1 News channel this fall, resulting in the layoffs of about 150 employees in New Jersey and New York.

“Yes, after many questions and texts the news is out. I am out of a job,” reporter Krista Knoblauch McNally wrote on Facebook Sunday.

According to a lohud.com report, Verizon Fios is ending its 10-year contract with Rye Brook, New York’s Regional News Network. In an Aug. 17 letter to employees, Richard French III, RNN’s president of news, said Verizon and news network tried for a year but failed to hash out a new contract.

“Barring a change in direction from Verizon, RNN News will cease providing news programming for Verizon’s Fios1 News network at 12:01 a.m. on November 16, 2019," French wrote, according to the report. "This means your employment will permanently end on November 15, 2019."

French said "RNN remains open to discussion with Verizon and will continue to make the case that original local news is critical to the communities we service,” according to the report.

According to its LinkedIn page, RNN is an award-winning premium news content producer with nine channels accessible on digital and mobile platforms, reaching 7 million homes. The network has won seven Emmy Awards and received 10 nominations in 2013.

Anthony G. Attrino may be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @TonyAttrino. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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