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Transformation 12Decline 14
Key figures
5,456affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 13 reports · since Nov 2025
Largest job cuts
- BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs, its biggest cut in over a decade2,000 Affected staff ·
- SRG SSR to cut around 900 jobs under its Enavant programme900 Affected staff ·
- RTL Germany plans to cut around 600 jobs600 Affected staff ·
Countries
| Country | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 7 | 2,750 |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 6 | 1,270 |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 5 | 964 |
| 🇺🇸 USA | 4 | — |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 1 | 350 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 4 of 4 announcements older than six months.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- RTL Germany to cut around 500 jobs after Sky takeoverNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Sky to acquire ITV's broadcast and streaming business
- Report: Banijay and Mediawan weigh bids for Lionsgate
- EU clears Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery with conditions
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Vicens Vives to cut 122 of 250 jobs and close Gráficas Instar · Layoffs · 🇪🇸 Spain
- Report: Telegraph to cut up to 100 jobs under new owner · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Bonnier Books Danmark acquires publisher Jentas Books · Mergers · 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Tamedia to cut 34 full-time jobs in its news desks · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Taboola to acquire London ad network Dianomi · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Media Press Group completes takeover of InfoPortugal's EPG unit · Mergers · 🇵🇹 Portugal
- RTL Germany to cut around 500 jobs after Sky takeover · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Reach to cut 220 editorial jobs and close three news sites · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / Ireland
- Czech Television to cut around 350 jobs by 2030 · Layoffs · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Channel 4 cuts 340 jobs, the deepest in its history · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Westermann Druck to stop Zwickau production, 170 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EU clears Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery with conditions · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / EU
- Report: Banijay and Mediawan weigh bids for Lionsgate · Mergers · 🇫🇷 France / USA
- Sky to acquire ITV's broadcast and streaming business · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Report: GB News to cut up to 90 newsroom jobs · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- RTL Group completes acquisition of Sky Germany · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs, its biggest cut in over a decade · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Washington Post plans layoffs affecting over 100 staff · Layoffs · 🇺🇸 USA
- Tamedia splits print from digital, cutting 30 more jobs · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2025
- Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $83bn · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA
- RTL Germany plans to cut around 600 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SRG SSR to cut around 900 jobs under its Enavant programme · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- First Camp to acquire Lodgyslife's camping sites · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Ashurst and Perkins Coie to merge as Ashurst Perkins Coie · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Häggenschwil, Muolen and Wittenbach parishes vote on merger · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- RTL to acquire Sky Germany from Comcast · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany