ABC’s focus on digital first to result in 120 job losses
"Federal political editor Andrew Probyn has become the first big name casualty of the ABC’s five year plan that aims to follow the audience towards digital.
ABC’s managing director, David Anderson, made the announcement with the arts team being sliced, state-based 7pm news bulletins on Sundays being replaced with a single national program and iView news bulletins. There are 40 roles going in the news division including journalists, editors, camera and sound operators, with around 120 job cuts in total.
Probyn told the Guardian Australia, “I’m pretty flabbergasted,” and that he’d been informed the broadcaster no longer needed a political editor."
What most people are up in arms about is, like most other media opporaters in Australia, a perceived "Sydney-centric" focus on product delivery.
"Federal political editor Andrew Probyn has become the first big name casualty of the ABC’s five year plan that aims to follow the audience towards digital.
ABC’s managing director, David Anderson, made the announcement with the arts team being sliced, state-based 7pm news bulletins on Sundays being replaced with a single national program and iView news bulletins. There are 40 roles going in the news division including journalists, editors, camera and sound operators, with around 120 job cuts in total.
Probyn told the Guardian Australia, “I’m pretty flabbergasted,” and that he’d been informed the broadcaster no longer needed a political editor."
What most people are up in arms about is, like most other media opporaters in Australia, a perceived "Sydney-centric" focus on product delivery.