Media24 closing print titles as Covid-19 hogs the headlines

Media24 is considering the closure of five magazines and two newspapers — along with staff cuts — in a restructuring shake-up accelerated by the “devastating” financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The pandemic has accelerated the pre-existing and long-term structural decline in print media, resulting in a devastating impact on our own already fragile print media operations, with significant declines in both circulation and advertising since April,” Ishmet Davidson, CEO of Media24, said in a statement on Tuesday.

“For many of our print titles, the benefits of prior interventions to offset the structural declines and keep them on the shelf no longer exist and they’ve run out of options in this regard.”The changes are expected to affect about 510 staff members, with a proposed reduction of close to 660 positions out of a total of 2,971, mostly across the print media and distribution divisions.

Among the affected titles are magazines Move!, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Bicycling and Runner’s World which will close completely. Drum will be published in digital format only.“Even with a return to pre-coronavirus economic levels, the impact of the pandemic on our print media operations will be unrecoverable.

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