Global Toronto News at Noon Gets the Axe

Published by Toronto Mike on January 20, 2009 @ 14:12 in Television

TVI just got the email below form Horonymous.

Hi Mike.

Looks like Global Toronto will be canceling their noon news show. No idea how this will impact staffing levels.

http://www.b-roll.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22747

Take Care
Horonymous

Advertisers drive media and in tough economic times advertisers typically show restraint. I feel for members of the Global News staff who may lose their jobs, but I don't think I've ever seen a minute of this program.

Will Global stations eventually become E! television stations?

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Toronto Mike
January 20, 2009 / 17:01

It just hit the news.

Global TV in Toronto is eliminating its noon-hour television newscasts, with a loss of close to 40 jobs.

Canwest Global Communications Corp. spokesman John Douglas confirmed the cuts on Tuesday.

Canwest decided to eliminate the morning newscasts in November and then reviewed all of Global Toronto's operations, Douglas said.

In the course of that review, the company decided to cancel the noon newscast as well, he said.

He wouldn't give the exact number of layoffs, but said fewer than 40 employees would be affected.

Canwest Global announced in November it would cut five per cent of its workforce, about 560 jobs.

That included 210 jobs cut from Global and its other television operations. Cut were also to be made in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.

Both newspaper and television revenues have been hurt by slumping advertising revenue and a continued poor economic outlook.

For the three months ended Nov. 30, 2008, Canwest Global reported that revenues increased two per cent to $886 million but the company suffered a net loss of $33 million.

Horonymous
January 20, 2009 / 17:02

Ouch 40 jobs. Poor folks.

CQ
January 21, 2009 / 10:38

If there are increasingly more jobless now with severance or EI, local University students waiting out a strike, and fairly good odds for an upcoming elementary school strike... then why cut their daytime news now?
Isn't this when they should be trying to build the audience base?

Wayner
January 22, 2009 / 08:53

A lot of companies are using the "recession" as an excuse to axe some jobs....I don't recall where we stopped watching TV or going to movies...

Wayner
January 22, 2009 / 08:54

A lot of companies are using the "recession" as an excuse to axe some jobs....I don't recall where we stopped watching TV or going to movies...

Wayner
January 22, 2009 / 08:55

A lot of companies are using the "recession" as an excuse to axe some jobs....I don't recall where we stopped watching TV or going to movies...

GRK
February 11, 2009 / 11:52

I watched the global noon news almost every day and preferred it over other stations. I will miss it and will hope that it returns.

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