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# Media hit by “brutal” layoffs in January
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/media-hit-by-brutal-start-of-the-year-layoffs/
- Published: 2024-02-02T16:52:18.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-03T21:34:28.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, #wp-upper-left-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

**At least 528 news media jobs were lost in January** due to brutal start-of-the-year layoffs, with the media sector as a whole losing at least 836, according to [a new report](https://www.challengergray.com/blog/job-cuts-announced-by-us-based-companies-surge-136-to-82307-to-begin-2024-financial-tech-lead/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) by Challenger, Grey & Christmas.

The report only tracks job losses in January 2024 and as a result doesn’t include the 300 employees of The Messenger, who were abruptly let go on Feb. 1 when the 8-month old site shuttered and its website was pulled down completely, reports The Wrap.

Among the hardest hit newsrooms in January was the Los Angeles Times, which [eliminated at least 115 jobs](https://www.thewrap.com/chaos-fury-engulf-los-angeles-times-in-historic-cuts-to-newsroom/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) on Jan. 25, approximately 20% of the staff and disproportionately affecting the paper’s employees of color. And that’s on top of a [talent drain](https://www.thewrap.com/la-times-lost-six-diverse-editors-of-color-layoffs/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) that saw 6 editors of color leave LA Times in January

More [here](https://www.thewrap.com/at-least-528-news-media-jobs-were-lost-in-january-study-finds/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).