Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption

What happened

According to The Guardian’s linked report, Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption, Staff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s biggest media company, Nine Entertainment , has blamed the “extreme state of disruption” from AI for its decision to cut another 30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age. On Tuesday, the managing director of publishing, Tory Maguire, told staff the company was looking to cut “around 30” positions, made up of voluntary and targeted redundancies. Maguire said the exercise was not simply a matter of cutting costs, but was an “evolution” to adapt to structural change. Continue reading…

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Source

Primary source: Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption via The Guardian. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.