Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The French media group Prisma Média, owner of magazines such as Télé-Loisirs and Voici, is planning a new workforce reduction plan which would affect one-third of its workforce, including 149 senior positions, and result in the loss of 240 employees. No matter whether the plan the form of PDV or PSE, the reduction in staff will be significant, with site closures expected.
In 2024, the company already cut 27 positions through voluntary departures. Then, in 2025, 60 and then 54 positions were suppressed via departure plans.
This comes in the context of growing economic difficulties that are heavily impacting the media sector. The magazine press has seen a 4% drop in circulation, while the number of print journalists has declined by 29% over the past 20 years.
Eurofound (2025), Prisma Média, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 203891, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203891.