LONDON, England. (EFE) .- The company Guardian Media Group, publisher of the British newspaper The Guardian, today announced the elimination of 250 jobs, a hundred of them in the editorial department, as part of a restructuring plan.
group, which recorded an operating loss of 58.6 million pounds (75 million euros) in the last fiscal year, stressed that low on staff will be “voluntary.”
“Our action plan has one goal: ensuring journalistic integrity and financial independence of the Guardian in perpetuity,” they said, in an email set workers, Katharine Viner, editor of the newspaper, and David Pemsel, director group executive.
the company also plans to stop covering 60 vacancies in both the commercial department and the editorial, bringing the total reduction of seats will be 310, 18% template group.
the company will give up other projects, such as the conversion of the old railway depot Midlands Goods Shed in central London, in a space to hold big events.
An article in the online edition of the Guardian notes that “the announcement follows a difficult time for the newspaper industry year because companies like Google and Facebook a huge part of advertising budgets are held.”
the renowned British newspaper, progressive orientation, is one of five media most widely read in the world English online, with the New York Times, the Daily Mail, the Washington Post and USA Today, according to data of comScore.
Another day veterans of the UK, the Independent, announced in February that it will no longer paper published on 26 March and limited editions to their website.
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