Job cuts at the Blick sports editorial office
On Tuesday, the moment of truth arrived for the approximately 50-member Blick sports editorial team regarding job cuts. Six employees are affected by the cuts. At Blick Online, however, the media company is creating four new positions in the sports editorial department. The EQ agency, which has provided journalistic content for the sports section on Blick.ch for years, will no longer be on board as of April 1.
In November, Ringier announced job cuts at Blick. On Tuesday, the moment of truth struck for the 50-strong Blick sports editorial team: six employees have to go, which will be implemented with three early retirements and three redundancies. According to Ringier spokesman Marco Castellaneta, some of these positions will be filled again. He provided the following information on the reasons for the changes, which are now referred to in Ringier jargon as "downsizing, restructuring and rebuilding": "The changes are part of a program to optimize costs and ensure optimal staffing at Blick." A social plan will be implemented for the employees affected by the redundancies. In return, the media company is creating four new jobs in the Blick Online sports editorial team. Digital expansion seems to be the order of the day at Ringier, but with new heads. In any case, the Blick bosses are not moving the redundant print editorial staff to the online area: "The requirements of an online job and a job in print are very different," comments Castellaneta. Another change: the EQ agency, which provided journalistic content for the sports section on Blick.ch for many years, will no longer be on board from April 1. As Castellaneta explained when asked by Werbewoche, the content previously maintained by EQ will be taken over by Blick.ch's sports editorial team from this date.
