Reach to cut 220 editorial jobs and close three news sites

Publisher Reach (Daily Mirror, Daily Express and regional titles such as the Manchester Evening News) plans to cut about 220 full-time editorial posts in the UK and Ireland while creating roughly 60 new roles in video and subscriptions, a net loss of around 160. The AberdeenLive, KentLive and GalwayBeo (Ireland) sites will close; Reach attributes the move to falling traffic caused by AI overviews and Google algorithm changes. The journalists' union NUJ strongly criticised the cuts (TheJournal.ie, 16.09.2026).