Nine has has cut 30 jobs across its publishing division, primarily in editorial and operations.
The roles are mixture of voluntary and involuntary redundancies across The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and nine.com.au and the operations team. The Australian Financial Review remains unaffected.
Nine’s publishing leader Toy Maguire told affected staff earlier today (Tuesday, 21 July).
In a staff email, seen by B&T, she said the moves were necessary for the business to ensure it is “fit for purpose in our changing environment”.
“The best way to protect our quality journalism is to ensure our organisation adapts to a changing media landscape, that we’re growing commercially and investing in new areas which connect with new audiences,” Maguire wrote.
“In particular we need to keep shifting towards the digital-first future.”
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the industry’s union for editorial staff, release a statement showing solidarity with impacted staff.
“Newsrooms cannot keep absorbing job cuts without consequences for workloads, diversity, quality journalism, and the ability to hold power to account,” the MEAA stated.
“MEAA members stand with members at Nine Publishing and will continue to fight for secure sustainable jobs and the future of quality journalism.”
Nine is due to release its annual results on the 26 August.
