Bristol Evening Post Cuts 45 Jobs

bristol | media and culture | news report Saturday March 07, 2009 18:53 by MediaWatch - SouthWestWatch

Newsfiltch from the belly of the Bristol Beast

Local media is in trouble, but the Evening Post has responded by cutting 45 jobs...

Here's a quick one as we don't know much as yet, this is from the NUJ;

The NUJ has condemned the proposed cutting of 45 jobs at the Western Daily Press and Evening Post in Bristol.

The plans were announced at 10am today.

In 2007 Bristol News and Media, the local division of Northciffe made profits of £7.5 million.

Tim Lezard, NUJ National Executive Council member for the South West of England and a former Western Daily Press reporter, said: “These are cuts that don’t need to be made.

“It’s an example of Northcliffe’s contempt for their readers, workers and advertisers.

“The company would rather bow to its boardroom than serve the community it has been an integral part of for 150 years.”

The scale of the cuts has staggered members of the NUJ chapel who will be meeting on Monday.

http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1085