SF Chronicle to lay off eight staff members
As per the San Francisco Chronicle Guild’s post on X/Twitter, the newsroom is planning on laying off eight staff members. The post reads: “We are devastated to learn of management’s decision to lay off eight talented members of our newsroom, including six Guild members, from the Chronicle’s SFNext team and audio team.” No further details […]
Google, a company worth $1.7 trillion, lays off roughly 40 news employees
Baffling that a company that spends zillions of dollars on ridiculous “moonshots” (Google glass, anyone?) and is worth $1.7 trillion dollars can’t see straight enough to avoid layoffs that amount to chump change for a likely monopoly. At any rate, the following excerpt was sent out from CNBC: Google cut dozens of jobs in its […]
WaPo to offer voluntary buyouts to 240 employees
The Washington Post is in plans to offer buyouts to employees across various departments as “prior projections for traffic, subscriptions, and advertising growth for the past two years – and into 2024 – have been overly optimistic” as per the Post’s interim CEO Patty Stonesifer. Stonesifer’s memo obtained by The Washingtonian reads: Dear colleagues, I […]
Mail on Sunday axes jobs on the sports desk
The following excerpt was sent out from Press Gazette: Four senior journalists look set to be leaving the Mail on Sunday in the latest round of cutbacks at the Mail titles. Press Gazette understands that Mail on Sunday sports editor Mike Richards, chief football correspondent Rob Draper, chief sports news correspondent Nick Harris and a sports desk […]
Texas Tribune lays off staff for first time in its history
Nonprofit news outlet The Texas Tribune has axed staff members for the first time in its history. The 11 cuts will encompass the newsroom, engineering, design and operations department, and includes two staffers who have been with the Tribune since it launched in 2009. The entire copy desk was also eliminated. The move comes as […]
Winnipeg Free Press lays off photojournalist Lee
Jessica Lee, a photojournalist at The Winnipeg Free Press, wrote on Twitter: “I was laid off from @WinnipegNews earlier this week. It has been a privilege to photograph the people of Winnipeg and beyond for the past two years. I am grateful for all of the trust the people of Manitoba have placed in me […]
Google’s director of news Chinnappa laid off
Madhav Chinnappa, director of news ecosystem development at Google has been laid off. He wrote on LinkedIn: “I am leaving Google as part of the #googlelayoffs I am on gardening leave at the moment which allows too much time to contemplate work, career, life etc. In the end, I am proud of what I have […]
Crunchbase health reporter Vedantam laid off
Keerthi Vedantam, a health technology reporter at Crunchbase, wrote on Twitter: “I was part of staff-wide layoffs at Crunchbase. Can’t lie, I’m still devastated. I’m looking for freelance gigs, job leads and mentorship — it’s a tough time for journalism but I’m so proud to be a tech reporter and I’d love some advice on […]
Global Radio may axe 40 jobs
The following excerpt was sent out from inews.co.uk: Listeners in Newcastle will hear their local stories broadcast from Glasgow under plans to centralise news programming drawn up by radio giant Global, which could lead to the loss of up to 40 jobs. Journalists said the move by the commercial network which owns the LBC, Capital, Heart and […]
‘There will be little left of Canadian journalism to save’: CTV News parent lays off 1300
In a devastating blow to the news industry, Bell Canada, parent company of CTV News has announced the termination of 1300 jobs which impacts management, production, editorial, operations, sales and marketing, administrative and clerical jobs. Mirko Bibic, president and CEO of BCE and Bell Canada said: “At Bell Canada, every year we can expect to […]
