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Media 58 - Publishing activities 58.1 - Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing 58.12 - Publishing of newspapers
2,500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 January 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2011
Foreseen end date
31 March 2012
Description
Grupo Prisa is planning to cut 2500 jobs. The Spanish media conglomerate Grupo Prisa will reduce its staff by 2500 employees, which is roughly 18% of its workforce. Most redundancies (2000) will take place in Spain, another 500 jobs will be lost in Portugal and the Americas. Not all jobs cuts will come through direct dismissals. Grupo Prisa will stimulate early retirements, voluntary exits, externalizing self-employed contracts, etc. Grupo Prisa is one of the leading Spanish media conglomerates, with fincincial stakes in newspapers, tv and radio.
Sources
25 January 2011: Expansion Media
Citation
Eurofound (2011), PRISA, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 71707, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71707.