Media hit by “brutal” layoffs in January
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 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 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 that saw 6 editors of color leave LA Times in January
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