CBC and CP and Reuters and the Star and the Globe and AFP and The Tyee have the stories, based largely on Canwest's own press release. Others have inexplicably slapped bylines on stories that are based entirely on the press release. Canwest's own news service also has a story, which exclusively quotes Canwest.
There aren't any specific breakdowns beyond 210 in broadcasting and 360 in publishing, but it represents more than 5% of the entire workforce.
This all comes less than a month after the CRTC said Canwest and other conventional TV broadcasters couldn't charge fees for local cable companies carrying their stations.
As a contract worker, it means I probably won't be hired as a permanent employee any time in the coming century.
We'll see.
UPDATE: Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family has some analysis of the broadcast side. Meanwhile, J-Source has some not-too-flattering comments about Canwest's money troubles
Let's see........Canwest announces job cuts.....Canwest reports on jobcuts.....Canwest spokesman quoted on story about jobcuts......staff have been cutback at television stations and newspapers across the country. Viewership is down...readership is in decline. And the solution is....... to offer less!
Last person out turns the lights out.
Well, who else would CanWest quote, Moses Znaimer?
Globe and Mail: "Ha! Suckers. Shoulda taken that buyout in 2006..."
Aspers: [unprintable]
world at large: [no opinion]
How about, other broadcasters for a comment on the Canwest decesion and how they are dealing with the general downturn in the industry? Or perhaps a journalism school teacher to talk about prospects for graduates, or some readers and viewers who will actually be affected.(other businesses might call them clients!) You may also want to speak with people from the industries that are causing Canwest to make this decesion.(Google, You Tube, Yahoo) Or how about a stock broker to explain how Canwest shares went from 12-bucks to shit in a year.
The world at large does have an opinion, Canwest just doesn't have a clue.
Have you got a list of the people cleaning their desks in Montreal? Here's another view on the issue:
http://snipurl.com/5i1r2
[...] isn’t the only major media company that’s using that recent CRTC ruling against them as an excuse to take a giant axe to their staff. CTV has implemented a hiring freeze, cut budgets and is asking managers to find [...]
[...] Canwest announced it was cutting jobs and CTV announced it was cutting jobs, Rogers is now announcing it is cutting jobs, about 100 of [...]
[...] November, when Canwest announced it would be cutting 5% of its workforce, everyone at The Gazette started getting nervous. Would there be layoffs? How many people is the [...]