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

Nine Entertainment, Australia's biggest media company, is cutting about 30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, citing the 'extreme state of disruption' from AI. Managing director of publishing Tory Maguire told staff on Tuesday that the cuts would come through voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of an 'evolution' to adapt to structural change.

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Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption
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By Amanda Meade Media correspondentSource:

The Guardian TechnologyStaff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’

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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.

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