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Media 58 - Publishing activities 58.1 - Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing 58.12 - Publishing of newspapers
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
On 21 May 2013 newspaper publisher NDC announced it will cut 250 jobs, one third of the total.
Background is a decrease in both the number of subscribers and advertisers.
This is the third and largest restructuring in three years time. For previous restructuring see here.
NDC wants to head for an organisation with a limited number of employees and a large group of freelancers.
The timeline for the restructuring plans is not yet available.
Sources
22 May 2013: NRC Handelsblad
22 May 2013: Het Financieele Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2013), NDC Mediagroep, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 75659, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75659.