Corus Entertainment making cuts at Global Okanagan

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Corus Entertainment making cuts at Global Okanagan
Colin Dacre - Jul 18, 2024 / 2:28 pm |Castanet

Layoffs and restructuring within Global News that have been taking place across the country are now impacting the Okanagan.

Corus Entertainment, which owns Global News and dozens of Canadian radio stations, has been aggressively making cuts as revenues slide and debt mounts.

In a statement to Castanet News on Thursday, a Corus spokesperson says as a part of their “efficiency review process,” the company “have made some difficult but necessary changes to create a more sustainable future for the company.”

“As a result, certain roles have been impacted across our news and audio business.”

“In the news division, we have reimagined our broadcast schedule in Kelowna, Kingston, and Peterborough, with a focus on supper hour and late-night weekday news programming,” the spokesperson said, declining to provide a future broadcast schedule for Global Okanagan.

The spokesperson said local online news teams “will now operate under a new model to better support local breaking news.”

The statement did not disclose the number of job losses in the Okanagan.

“We will have news gathering in Kelowna,” the spokesperson said.

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