March 08, 2024
Up to 68 jobs to go at TVNZ
TVNZ plans to axe Sunday, Fair Go and two of its daily news bulletins – thought to be Midday and Tonight – in a massive cost-cutting plan in its news and current affairs division.
Staff were briefed today in the plans to cut about 70 jobs, half of them in news and current affairs, as the state broadcaster tries to deal with plummeting advertising revenue as audiences move to digital platforms.
Daily reo Maori news programme Te Karere will stay, because it is funded by Maori broadcast funding agency Te Mangai Paho.
It comes a week after TV3 and Newshub owner Warner Brothers-Discovery announced it was shutting down its news and current affairs.