How the economic downturn has led to staff cutbacks at media companies
Created by MediaGuardian on 20/11/2008
Last updated: 12/03/10 at 04:14
Google is to lay off 200 staff from its global sales and marketing operation, proving that even the search engine giant that dominates online advertising is not immune from the financial downturn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/27/google-cuts-200-sales-and-marketing-jobs
Daily Mail and General Trust media group is doubling the number of job cuts as advertising revenue for the first quarter of this year fell by 24% across its national newspaper division and 37% across its regional titles
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/23/daily-mail-general-trust-ad-revenue-plunges
Bauer Media is to cut up to 15 jobs at its digital radio stations Heat and Q and relocate them to shared studios outside London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/20/heat-q-radio-bauer-job-cuts
Media buying and research group Aegis is to cut 5% of its global workforce – around 780 employees – as part of a £40m cost-saving plan to weather the downturn, as the group reported a 25.7% increase in underlying pre-tax profits in 2008. Aegis said 70 of the cuts would come from its UK operation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/19/aegis-cut-global-workforce
Surrey and Berkshire Media, part of Guardian Media Group's regional division, is to axe up to 95 jobs as it shuts two of its weekly newspapers, closes its four district offices and shifts its flagship title, the Reading Evening Post, from a five-day to a twice-weekly publication
http://www.dipity.com/MediaGuardian/Media_job_cutsG
MEN Media to close all editorial offices of its 22 weekly newspapers in the north-west to find 'lower-cost' business model
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/10/manchester-evening-news-publisher-job-cuts
The Observer Standard Media Group is looking for a buyer for its nine titles
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/10/observer-standard-media-group-buyer
Broadcaster outlines 'comprehensive restructuring' plan in the wake of economic downturn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/05/channel-five-one-in-four-redundant
Broadcaster to cut 600 jobs, slice £65m from its programme budget and look to sell Friends Reunited and Freeview business SDN
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/04/itv-slashes-costs-profits-drop
Publisher plans centralised subbing and will move printing of Leicester Mercury out of the city
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/24/jobs-on-line-northcliffe-regional-titles
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/11/news-international-cut-65-jobs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/09/bloomberg-london-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/31/la-times-to-cut-300-jobs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/28/reed-business-information-cuts-35-uk-staff
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/23/microsoft-job-losses
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/13/archant-cut-20-jobs-suffolk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/13/new-statesman-redundancy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/13/financialtimes-downturn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/08/colchester-newsquest-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/19/mtv-cuts-jobs-viacom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/12/johnston-press-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/10/newsquest-cuts-gannett-downturn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/08/daily-telegraph-an-wilson-craig-brown
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/05/commercialradio-radio
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/05/tvnews-ustelevision
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/04/television-mediabusiness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/03/newsquest-pressandpublishing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/03/financial-times-working-week
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/03/british-forces-broadcasting-service-redundanciesDec 3
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/01/bbc-resources-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/27/trinity-mirror-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/27/telegraph-media-job-cuts
http://www.guprod.gnl/media/2008/nov/27/cumbrian-newspapers-group-cn-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/21/newsquest-downturn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/20/irish-times-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/20/dmgt-mediabusiness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/19/trinitymirror-pressandpublishing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/18/independent-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/13/downturn-pressandpublishing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/13/time-out-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/12/dmgt-associatednewspapers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/11/virgin-media-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/10/daily-mirror-job-cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/07/trinitymirror-pressandpublishing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/03/associatednewspapers-pressandpublishing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/27/downturn-pressandpublishing

