Bell cuts 1,300 jobs, including a 6% cut to Bell Media. What does this mean for local news?

BCE Inc. is cutting 1,300 positions - about three per cent of its workforce - and closing or selling nine radio stations as the company plans to significantly adapt how it delivers the news. The eliminated positions include a six per cent cut at Bell Media. But what do these layoffs mean for the journalism industry and local news?
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[@jksuper2000]

Don’t worry. Bell’s Let’s Talk Day will sort out any mental health issues as a result of the layoff.

[@BillSmith1]

Companies like Bell Canada Enterprises and Rogers Communications should not be owning media outlets. The Federal Government failed on on that watch.

[@cdncitizen4700]

They CREATED that watch and leveraged it to manage their Lib friendly narrative.

[@TurningoffyourGaslights]

Bell and Rodgers need to be broken up. They are not competitors, they are business partners acting as a monopoly. All with the approval of the 'Competition (ie monopoly) Bureau'

[@seanwebb605]

Very little coverage of Mohawk College in Hamilton eliminating their broadcast journalism program. They announced a couple of days ago that they won't be taking in any new students in the autumn and will only be allowing their current students to complete the program before shutting down. They cited dwindling applicants to the program and bleak job prospects.

[@T1kr3b3u]

Everything going as planned, the only news will be directly from the government. No Chinese interference coverage, no Trudeau foundation special investigations etc, etc, etc...

[@dougxvale]

MRU in Calgary is going the same path. The Alberta broadcast industry is dying, unless you're a hockey person.

[@seanwebb605]

@@dougxvale Sports radio stations are being sold or shuttered too.

[@dougxvale]

​@@seanwebb605 I'm a grad from that school/degree so it's best for me to distance myself and do something else.

[@seanwebb605]

@@dougxvale I'm not sure what that is suppose to mean.

[@mrbbqlvr4274]

Can’t remember the last time I watched tv, read the paper or listened to the radio. Alternative sources. Times have changed.

[@professorakiba434]

Actually. You expect free news. But news isn't free. Sooner or later broadcasters cut back to save cash

[@category7273]

Corporate greed , that's what it is . next to no service outsourcing getting poor service it is all going overseas and they don't care

[@duttyboy03]

Bank of Canada is gonna love this

[@professorakiba434]

How does one connect the Bank of Canada to the laying off of 1,300 jobs at a media outlet? Why would BofC love this? Please what connects the dots here?

[@worstknightmayor4439]

Most despicable customer service i have ever dealt with. It was so bad i canceled my bell services and my parents services.

[@tony--james]

$3B in profits last year, turns around and slashes 3% of it's workforce citing "unfavourable regulatory conditions" frikin Oligarchy , it needs to be broken up, and destroyed

[@seanwebb605]

You have to separate the communications company and their media assets. The media assets are doing poorly.

[@janinewetzler5037]

CBC did this decades ago. I remember losing Windsor, Ontario's tv and radio stations. Also, I still miss the local newspapers from different towns!

[@dougxvale]

Even Bell killed MuchMusic. That channel is dead long time ago.

[@zepher664]

Everyone say a prayer for the monopoly that can only make money when it has free reign to rip off customers more than they already do.

[@philaryclinton2912]

Maybe they should have reported the news instead of spinning it.

[@gazooJG2]

Cut my cable 2 yrs ago, couldn't listen to the 1 sided journalism, it all started vaccines and was finished with the trucker protests. I couldn't & Wouldnt pay to fund any mainstream media from that point anymore. and i have to say hearing that there are this many layoffs kind of warms my heart.

[@FrankHuynh]

Yet this company is all about 'Bell lets talk' and mental health. jokes.

[@carolweideman1905]

I am Canadian but live in the EU at present. I go online to keep up with what is happening in Canada. I have found get more news and information over here that I never see even mentioned in the Canadian or USA media. Sad.

[@acutelilmint8035]

Time to live stream and ask for people to donate to your patreon , cbc 😂😂

[@rickboer7715]

I am outraged to lose my local " CTV" news as well as losing the Investigative "W5" program.

[@murffromcanadamurf6414]

And out sourcing to other countries like they did with bell mobility.. which was outsourced to india

[@Gillz34]

Next is the CBC!!!

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

LMAO

[@johnqpublic8109]

Close completely would be best

[@dougxvale]

CBC and other networks think they'll survive with their washed-up old personalities and not give room to new younger personalities to revive the network in times of digital media. They're screwed.

[@jablesvonjables3857]

RICH stay RICH.

[@beansandcorn123]

wow... cbc not turning off comments on a KZbin video? what's going on here, am I in bizarro world?.... why isn't cbc laying anyone off? is it perhaps because cbc isn't subject to the current economic environment for some strange reason? I have so many questions.

[@seanwebb605]

CBC has had budget cut backs for years. They have laid off people and shuttered divisions.

[@piku5637]

Stuff like this is why we need a revolutionary movement for building democracy in our workplaces in this country.

[@jptrainor]

You want businesses to never have lay offs?

[@piku5637]

@@jptrainorI want the working class to not be treated like just cogs in a machine and actually have a say in something that takes such a major part of our lives.

[@jptrainor]

@@piku5637 I have no objections to a system like exists in Germany where unions have a seat at the board of directors. Indeed, I favor that approach. However, it's not going to change the reality that industries change as technology shifts and that requires shifts in the labour force as well.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@piku5637 How about a better idea? Why don't the working class pool up their money and start their own business? Companies have no obligation to keep people employed indefinitely even in the midst of a downturn in fortunes.

[@LANDBACKbyANYmeans]

@@shauncameron8390 What money?

[@Headinavise]

ATCO Electric in Alberta laid off many 15 to 25 year employees between 2015 and 2019. Employees went through almost 4 years wondering if they will have a job next week. Nobody in the government provincial or federal even mentioned it. And ATCO is still saying "we need newcomers" to fill the skilled labor shortage.

[@lizliz4186]

15 -25 isn't alot. Big retailers lay off more than that annually. Why would they mention it. This is 1,600 at one time. It would take over 60 years to lay off 1600 ppl at a rate of 25/year.

[@Headinavise]

@@lizliz4186 what? Employees that have been working for the company for 15 to 25 years. The number laid off was not disclosed. Because they were hiding the number. But the number was a lot.

[@Butterfly-rd4je]

Very sad 😮

[@nanettecormier8513]

Journalism? Died years ago.

[@jeffotoole4509]

First CTV then I think who’s next???? I wonder who’s next??? CBC feeling a little nervous? Let the whacking begin. Whack Whack Whack

[@seanwebb605]

First? You haven't been paying attention.

[@jeffotoole4509]

@@seanwebb605 81% of people want a change of government. If that’s the conservatives the money tap gets shut off to the CBC. I wonder if the CBC can stand on its own? I think we know how that goes.

[@freekdeniro8623]

CBC next on the block...no one is watching legacy media especially sub par content on CBC !

[@fortytwo244]

Yet you're here...

[@ilnaeas]

@@fortytwo244 It's just a foreign troll account to spread misinformation

[@freekdeniro8623]

Go woke, go broke!

[@freekdeniro8623]

@@fortytwo244 here on KZbin not tuned into channel 5

[@AS-cx1ik]

CBC gets government funding, don’t worry. CBC will stay well funded, as it should.

[@gillesnick1052]

Good on Bell for cleaning house. I approve of this

[@ChanT3]

Now only if the Tories would clean house and get rid of Chinese backed Polilerve

[@XCHDragox115]

@@ChanT3 let’s first clear house and get rid of ACTUAL China backed Trudeau and his lackeys first

[@Headinavise]

So lay offs equal cleaning house ? ..were have you been working ? How come the poor decision makers don't get laid off ?

[@titusmccarthy]

People lost their jobs, Cletus.

[@pauloantunes8372]

Good news for the Journalists, just learn to code!

[@jvine3516]

It’s easier to control the narrative this way, although failing.

[@jamesgardiner-g9p]

You could see this coming do to poor programming . Cheaper programmers such as bachelor which has very little interest and information for average viewers. Early news at 6 am too much joking around with little news.

[@Rumlen25]

Fingers crossed CBC is next

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

LMAO

[@samgabriel2360]

It's not about lack of local content, Nobody wants to waste their time watching these channels that barely cover anything important, people are becoming more and more ignorant I a highly globalized world with these sources, obviously they're all switching to KZbin.

[@101starting]

Best news of the week can't wait for cbc radio Canada to be sold off😂

[@Macky1101]

I am sure most of of the people being laid off bought houses back in the 2000s and are already millionaires.

[@TurningoffyourGaslights]

so sad, suck it up

[@Samson-yk7yy]

News of mortgage defaults soon!!

[@micrasystems]

Time to lower the rates

[@Room142]

exactly why we need government funding for news outlets

[@andrewdangelo1052]

maybe if the government not send billions to ukraine.. the government could help save their jobs.. 1300 jobs that is alot.. but houses will keep going up.. maybe one of these unemployeed people could buy one..

[@charlesward9486]

It's not the government's job to save jobs in the private sector. But thanks for playing Skippy!

[@jackmidst8304]

@@charlesward9486, you’re right, and yet the Federal government just gave 30 billion dollars to Volkswagen.

[@T1kr3b3u]

@@charlesward9486 Nor is it the government's job to give tax payers money to some far off country.

[@maxpayne7419]

Long live the CBC for it’s mandate to bring us the news (regional, international and international) and tell us what’s going on. Just think about what would happen eventually without a functioning free press.

[@T1kr3b3u]

The liberals would be in power for life, leftist nonsense would be pushed out daily and no special investigative pieces on Chinese Interference or monkey business at the Trudeau foundation.

[@dougxvale]

The channel that sympathizes with Trudeau

[@user9b2]

To me, this is one prime example of why CBC is protected by the government - so some news media are not threatened by greedy cooperations. It is no where remotely near perfect but….

[@mikeb5664]

CBC News doesn't receive government funding. They rely on advertising and cable fees. Government funding goes to CBC Radio & Television.

[@TwoWheelUnion]

@@mikeb5664 This literally false and I am flagging your account for spreading stupidity and misinformation.

[@sizzlacalunji]

⁠@@mikeb5664CBC News is just a subset of services provided by the CBC which is government funded. I am not sure why you made such a statement. At least 65.58% is directly from government and up to 7% of additional revenue is indirectly from government by way of fees mandated through the CRTC, a government agency. To say CBC News does not receive funding is completely inaccurate when majority of the revenue is from government. In fact CBC news say “just under 70%” is govt funded. Smh.

[@duggywild]

GO WOKE! GO BROKE!

[@cowtipper159]

Sooooo long losers!!!!! You played with the pide piper's pipe a little too long there, eh? Followed commands right to the unemployment line. 😂

[@ralphkilloran8065]

The comments of others with my bitterness against Canadian news assures me that I am not alone with joy in seeing 1300 media jobs eliminated. Good Riddance!

[@mujkocka]

CTV closing…. Sad.

[@koulihere]

Sorry for the loss of jobs, I suffered this lately. But we all need less woke disinformation

[@virtuitousvampire9371]

LMAO

[@Headinavise]

Sadly in lay offs its usually the workers that get walked out the door. These big companies are like high schools. You need to have the right friends to keep your job.

[@titusmccarthy]

Show us on the doll where the WOKE touched you.

[@timdeveaux5161]

CBC needs to be gone!

[@Wongrich6]

Just support and supplies weapon to Ukraine, why worries about job cut when the country have funds to support another country😅👍🍺

[@americaofthenorth655]

I like the less educated...

[@gavinadams2690]

Insulated lmfao Hahahahaha you mean paid by federal government you cant go broke you paid to repeat what the pmo office tells you😂😂😂😂😂😂