Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Netherlands
Region
Oost-Nederland;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Information / Communication
Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual
Publishing Activities
58.13 - Publishing of newspapers

325 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
26 April 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

On 26 April 2006, publishing house Wegener (newspapers) announced that it will cut down its annual expenses by 25 million euro. 325 Jobs will be lost in pursuit of this objective.

Wegener will set up a central editorial office for all of its daily papers to provide them with (inter)national news in order to enable the individual papers to focus their attention on the regional news. About half of the jobs (154) that will be lost concerns journalist positions. The commercial division will lose 115 jobs and 58 other position will disappear.


Sources

  • 26 May 2006: NRC Handelsblad
  • 27 April 2006: Het Financieele Dagblad

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Wegener, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 63434, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63434.