Eight terminations at Tamedia
20 Minuten has decided to dissolve the sports editorial department it operated jointly with Tamedia and to set up its own sports department. Eight layoffs are expected at Tamedia.
The previously joint teams in Sports and Editorial Services are to be divided between 20 minutes and Tamedia will be split. The replacement is expected to result in around eight redundancies in German-speaking Switzerland.
Affected are primarily for 20 minutes employees of Tamedia's affiliated sports editorial department and print production. A social plan will be applied for those affected, according to a joint media release issued on Tuesday by 20 minutes and Tamedia was called.
No layoffs are currently planned in western Switzerland as a result of the adjustments, according to the statement.
Because 20 minutes wants to focus its sports reporting more strongly on its own readership, the title is setting up its own sports department in German-speaking Switzerland from January 2021. To this end, print production services previously provided by Tamedia will also be outsourced directly to 20 minutes incorporated. (SDA)
