Job cuts planned at Tamedia's advertising department
The Tamedia executive board is reported to have announced a phased round of job cuts in the advertising department known as "Anzeigenproduktion Zeitungen" (APZ).
Tamedia's management is said to have announced a staggered reduction in the number of jobs in the advertising production department known as Advertising Production Newspapers (APZ). As Kleinreport.ch reports, it should be clear by Easter how many of the 110 full-time and part-time positions that still exist today will be cut. The management has justified the job cuts with the declining order volume, especially for the flagship Tages-Anzeiger. The number of advertisements processed between the last job cuts in September 2005 and February 2006 alone had fallen by an average of 15 percent compared to the same period in the previous year. Tamedia management also announced that it would invest in a new, modern advertising system. By the end of 2007, all Tamedia titles and other acquired newspapers are to be integrated onto a standardized platform. There are also plans to replace certain APZ services currently provided with a new web tool.
