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Tamedia plans 41 job cuts as staff protest in Zurich
Tamedia plans to cut 41 jobs at its Swiss media group, most of them in journalism.
Dozens of staff and supporters protested outside the company’s office in Zurich on Tuesday.
The cuts were announced five days after a two-year period in which Tamedia had promised not to dismiss staff ended.
Some 270 employees signed a letter calling for the cuts to be withdrawn.
The company says it is going through a transformation and that its journalism must pay for itself, but its newspaper business reported a 2.7% profit margin in the first half of the year.
Staff are also concerned that artificial intelligence is taking a larger role in newsrooms as jobs are cut.
Tamedia has not ruled out further job losses, and it has not yet said who will lose their jobs.
Tamedia plans to cut 41 jobs, most of them in journalism, prompting staff to protest outside its Zurich headquarters.
Several dozen people joined the protest on Tuesday, while 270 Tamedia employees signed a letter calling for the cuts to be withdrawn.
The company announced the cuts on 5 October, five days after a two-year period in which it had pledged not to dismiss employees ended.
Tamedia says the cuts are part of a transformation aimed at making its journalism financially self-supporting.
The company has not said which employees will lose their jobs.
- Who
- Tamedia plans to cut 41 jobs. Several dozen people, including Tamedia staff, protested.
- What
- Tamedia announced the job cuts, prompting staff to demand that they be withdrawn.
- When
- The cuts were announced on 5 October. The protest took place on Tuesday, 20 October 2026.
- Where
- Outside Tamedia’s editorial building on Werdstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Why
- Tamedia says the cuts are part of a transformation to make its journalism financially self-supporting.
Tamedia management
Tamedia staff and protest supporters
Reason for the cuts
Tamedia management
The cuts are part of a transformation aimed at making journalism financially self-supporting.
Tamedia staff and protest supporters
Staff called for the announced cuts to be withdrawn and objected to repeated job losses.
Further dismissals
Tamedia management
Tamedia said it could not promise a new period without dismissals.
Tamedia staff and protest supporters
Staff expressed concern about the effect of repeated cuts on employees and journalism.
After a major round of job cuts, Tamedia promised not to dismiss employees for two years.
Tamedia announced plans to cut 41 jobs.
Tamedia announced the new cuts.
Several dozen people protested outside Tamedia’s Zurich building.
- Planned job cuts
- 41
- Share of cuts in German-speaking Switzerland
- 75%
- Share of cuts in French-speaking Switzerland
- 25%
- Employees signing a letter against the cuts
- 270
- Tamedia profit margin
- 2.7% in the first-half report for the Tamedia segment of TX Group
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What people are saying
Journalism at Tamedia must finance itself.
This feels like shit, it is not fun at all.
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