GMG cuts jobs at Channel M

Guardian Media Group will be axing original programming on digital station Channel M

The company will be cutting 29 staffers, but will remain on air with four staffers overseeing a mix of archive material, traffic and networked news in the interim.

Channel M  stopped broadcasting its magazine programme Channel M Today and will be switching to archived programmes and networked news.

GMG is currently in consultation with 33 staff members regarding the cuts. Viable offers from interested buyers for Channel M have not emerged according to GMG.

Channel M's future has been uncertain since GMG sold the Manchester Evening News and its other regional papers to Trinity Mirror last month. Trinity Mirror had opted to not buy the channel.

Source: Guardian

Published on: 17/03/2010 14:49:00