by Chris Black
You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to tell legacy media journalists to “learn to code.”
Ironically, blue collar workers who work in physical labor are the only people whose jobs are not threatened.
Finance is going to be wiped out completely.
CNN:
German tabloid newspaper Bild plans to cut hundreds of jobs as it scales back its regional operations this year — and ramps up its use of artificial intelligence in preparation for a digital-only future.
Axel Springer, which publishes Germany’s biggest-selling daily newspaper, told employees in an email Tuesday that the newspaper would cut six of its 18 regional editions, and close two-thirds of its regional offices. The company plans to produce Bild’s regional newspapers, and manage its regional reporters, from Berlin in the future, it said.
The roles of editors, photo editors, proofreaders and other employees involved in print production will “no longer exist as they do today,” the publisher said in its memo, a copy of which was shared with CNN.
According to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine, about 200 jobs will be cut. Axel Springer would not confirm the exact number of layoffs to CNN, but it said the figure would be in the “low three-digit[s].” Bild currently employs about 1,000 people.