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Publishing house Gruner + Jahr is to cut 400 jobs within the next three years. This was announced by the company’s CEO on 27 August 2014 at an employee’s meeting. The job cuts will affect all departments and is due to a decline in demand in the print business. The company wants to reduce costs by €75 million and expand its digital business.
According to the management, the job reduction shall be implemented in a socially acceptable manner. However, operational dismissals are not excluded.
Gruner + Jahr is the second biggest publisher of magazines in Europe and currently employs around 2,400 people. In 2013, the company shut down its subsidiary G+J Wirtschaftsmedien which made 320 jobs redundant (see FS 74547).
Eurofound (2014), Gruner + Jahr, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77494, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77494.