Tag: Layoffs

Online & Digital Media News – Saltwire Network, CN2i lay off...

Saltwire Network, the biggest newspaper publisher in Atlantic Canada, is laying off 40% of its workforce for up to three months and temporarily shuttering...

Radio & Podcast News – iHeartMedia cuts deep in U.S. as...

iHeartMedia, the largest radio conglomerate in the U.S. with more than 850 radio stations, has announced a new organizational structure for its Markets Group...

TorStar pulls plug on StarMetro brand, lays off 121

Torstar has announced that it will cease publishing print editions of its StarMetro daily commuter papers in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Halifax as...

CBC cuts to be minimized through retirements, unfilled vacancies: CMG

The Canadian Media Guild (CMG), which represents CBC/Radio-Canada employees outside Quebec, says it's working to minimize the impact of 35 layoffs announced this week...

CBC issues layoff notices to 35 staff citing budget pressures

CBC has given 35 employees a "notice of redundancy" amidst budget pressures. The majority of the affected positions are in Toronto with layoffs set to...

Sportsnet 650 announces new on-air lineup in wake of layoffs

Sportsnet 650 (CISL-AM) Vancouver has announced a new lineup following layoffs Tuesday that included key on-air staff Rick Dhaliwal and Jawn Jang.  Andrew Garas, Director...

Dhaliwhal, Jang among Sportsnet 650 layoffs in Vancouver

Sportsnet 650 (CISL-AM) Vancouver has laid off several key staff, following a tumultuous  few months for the network that's seen the release of several...

Long-serving CTV Vancouver staff caught up in latest round of layoffs

CTV Vancouver has experienced another round of layoffs resulting in the loss of several long-serving behind-the-scenes employees. Bell Media communications confirmed the job cuts without...

1310 News Ottawa cancels The Rick Gibbons Show

Rogers has unexpectedly cancelled The Rick Gibbons Show on its Ottawa newstalk station 1310 News (CIWW-AM). Gibbons, 66, the former publisher and CEO of The...

Online & Digital Media News – VICE Canada shutting down Quebec...

VICE Canada is shutting down its Quebec operation, leaving 20 to 30 journalists without work, according to the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec...