Job cuts announced at Focus

The establishment of a works council at Focus, which was initiated last year in the face of opposition from within the company, is proving to be a good idea. Because Focus is now also planning to cut jobs in the face of falling advertising revenues and declining circulation, as co-editor-in-chief Uli Baur has now publicly admitted for the first time, according to Dwdl.de. In an interview with the Tagesspiegel, co-editor-in-chief Baur said: "We will probably not be able to avoid job cuts." In a blog recently launched by the initiators of the works council election, they commented on the announcement as follows: "The professional situation and our uncertain future have not yet been made so 'clear' to us within the editorial team. (...) Now there is hardly any doubt: we are facing hard times."
No move to Berlin
The employees do not have to expect a move from Munich to Berlin, which has also been speculated about in recent days. Baur clearly denied the rumors to the Tagesspiegel. "No, the headquarters of 'Focus' will definitely not be relocated to Berlin. The publisher Hubert Burda wants to have the paper around him and that will remain the case," he is quoted as saying on Dwdl.de. According to Baur, Wolfram Weimer, who will initially be responsible for the further development of the magazine from Berlin when he takes up his post as Head of Development in March, will move to Munich.