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Apotheken Umschau publisher plans to halve its editorial team
Wort & Bild plans to halve the Apotheken Umschau editorial team over the next two years.
The magazine is a well-known German health publication, and its editorial team currently has about 120 employees.
The publisher says the reductions will come through staff leaving naturally, fixed-term contracts ending and mutually agreed departures.
The team will work more with freelancers and outside specialists as the publisher changes how it produces health information.
Wort & Bild says the changes are part of its plan to become a broader provider of health information.
The publisher says all content will still be checked editorially and scientifically, with editorial responsibility remaining inside the company.
Wort & Bild plans to halve the editorial team behind Apotheken Umschau over the next two years.
The newsroom currently has around 120 employees.
The publisher says the team will work more with freelance writers and external specialists.
The job reductions are expected to come through natural turnover, the expiry of fixed-term contracts and mutually agreed departures.
The publisher says all content will continue to receive editorial and scientific review, with editorial responsibility remaining in-house.
- Who
- Wort & Bild, the publisher of Apotheken Umschau, plans the reduction.
- What
- It plans to halve the editorial team and rely more on freelance writers and external specialists.
- When
- Over the next two years.
- Where
- At the publisher’s headquarters in Baierbrunn, Bavaria, Germany.
- Why
- The publisher says the changes are part of its transformation into a broader provider of health information.
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Wort & Bild announced plans to halve the editorial team behind Apotheken Umschau.
The publisher plans to carry out the reduction.
- Planned reduction
- Half of the editorial team
- Current team size
- Around 120 employees
- Timeframe
- Next two years
- Publisher
- Wort & Bild Verlagsgruppe
- Headquarters
- Baierbrunn, Bavaria, Germany
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We are aware that this step represents a profound change for our employees. We will do everything we can to shape the changes as responsibly and fairly as possible.
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