Rogers cuts 75 jobs from digital content, edition team

Rogers Communications is slicing a distance of a digital calm and edition organisation by about one-third.

The Toronto-based association says about 75 full-time employees have been laid off, shortening a distance of that organisation to about 150 people.

Rogers says a pursuit cuts reflect the “headwinds” faced by a industry, that has been traffic with a years-long change in consumer reading habits and a detriment in promotion income during many determined publishers.

The digital calm and edition multiplication produces calm for Maclean’s, Today’s Parent, Hello! Canada, Flare, MoneySense, Canadian Business and Chatelaine.

Lianne George, editor in arch during Chatelaine, tweeted that she has motionless to leave a repository and Rogers.

It’s with a complicated heart that I’ve motionless to leave Chatelaine and Rogers. It’s been a biggest fun to work for this publication, and with this wonderful, big-hearted group. we know a organisation will continue to do good things.

mdash;@liannegeorge

The association also pronounced a reorder will see Steve Maich, comparison vice-president of digital calm and publishing, leave a classification after this summer. Sarah Trimble was named vice-president, digital calm and publishing.   

The infancy of a cuts were staff formed in Toronto and enclosed a accumulation of editorial roles.

The Toronto-based association has one of Canada’s biggest media businesses, active in imitation and digital publishing, radio broadcasting and radio including a Sportsnet specialty channels.

However, Rogers Media is most smaller than a company’s wireless and wire divisions.

It says that all of a stream edition brands will continue and a association stays committed to producing high-quality editorial content.

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