23/03/2009

Daily Mail Group Cuts 1,000 Jobs

The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has announced it will axe 1,000 jobs as its advertising revenue for the first quarter of 2009 fell significantly.

The publisher, which owns the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and around 100 regional titles, is expected to cut 1,000 jobs across its regional newspaper division Northcliffe Media – twice as many as had been originally feared.

The DMGT said recruitment ad revenues continue to decrease and are expected to be down 55% year-on-year in the first quarter.

Advertising for the first quarter of this year fell by 24% across its national newspaper division and 37% across its regional titles.

Northcliffe Media publishes 113 papers in the Midlands and south of England, selling 4.1 million copies a week.

DMGT said most of the cuts had already taken place or were under consultation. They would leave Northcliffe with around 3,500 staff by the end of the year.

(JM/BMcC)

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