Bell Media laid off 73 people on Wednesday, the latest in a string of job cuts at Canadian media companies.
The news was announced by Unifor local 723M, which represents broadcast workers at Bell Media and Rogers.
The owner of CTV, TSN, MushMusic and numerous cable specialty channels had announced last month it would cut 120 TV jobs in Toronto.
A list of the jobs cut today, posted to Twitter by reporter Siobhan Morris, indicates most of today’s cuts were related to TV.
“The television industry is subject to a competitive and fast-changing business environment,” Bell Media president Kevin Crull wrote in an email to Toronto staff last month, as quoted at the Toronto Star.
“The difficult decision to reduce staffing in certain operations was made as we continue to face financial pressure related to advertising and subscription challenges across our TV services.”
It’s just the latest in a wave of layoffs to hit Canadian media. Rogers announced last fall it plans to lay off two per cent of its workforce, while Shaw Communications is planning to slash three per cent of its workforce.
Traditional news media have been particularly badly hit, with most major newspaper chains announcing layoffs in the past few years.
The news was announced by Unifor local 723M, which represents broadcast workers at Bell Media and Rogers.
Today 73 brothers and sisters from Bellmedia given package options and layoff notice then shown the door.
— Unifor 723M (@unifor723m) July 9, 2014The owner of CTV, TSN, MushMusic and numerous cable specialty channels had announced last month it would cut 120 TV jobs in Toronto.
A list of the jobs cut today, posted to Twitter by reporter Siobhan Morris, indicates most of today’s cuts were related to TV.
72 Bell Media TV employees (Much, MTV, M3) declared surplus as of October 13 http://t.co/VooYPW89FV pic.twitter.com/SKxLfLyVJn
— Siobhan Morris (@siomo) July 9, 2014“The television industry is subject to a competitive and fast-changing business environment,” Bell Media president Kevin Crull wrote in an email to Toronto staff last month, as quoted at the Toronto Star.
“The difficult decision to reduce staffing in certain operations was made as we continue to face financial pressure related to advertising and subscription challenges across our TV services.”
It’s just the latest in a wave of layoffs to hit Canadian media. Rogers announced last fall it plans to lay off two per cent of its workforce, while Shaw Communications is planning to slash three per cent of its workforce.
Traditional news media have been particularly badly hit, with most major newspaper chains announcing layoffs in the past few years.
