Toronto Star to Cut Jobs Citing Declines in Ad Revenue
Posted: 3/5/2013 | By: Steve Ladurantaye | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s largest newspaper is cutting dozens of jobs from its
newsroom, outsourcing editing duties that are increasingly seen as too
costly for cash-strapped dailies trying to cope with falling advertising
revenue.
The Toronto Star is slashing 55 jobs, about 9 per cent
of its workforce, with about half coming out of the editorial
department. The paper plans to outsource copy editing and page design to
Pagemasters North America, which offers those services at a steep
discount to what the papers typically pay inhouse.