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.
West-Nederland; Noord-Holland; Alkmaar en omgeving
Location of affected unit(s)
Alkmaar
Sector
Information / Communication Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual Publishing Activities 58.1 - Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities
75 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The closure of the head office in Alkmaar (West Netherlands) of the Dutch publisher of regional and local newspapers Holland Media Combinatie, part of the national media group TMG, will result in 75 job losses. The closure, announced by anonymous sources, is part of a reorganisation of TMG which includes merging the head offices of TMG and HMC in Amsterdam, leading to job losses among white-collar editorial and advertisement sales staff. This reduction of staff follows earlier reductions of 115 staff in 2015 and another 40 in 2016. HMC was created in several subsequent mergers by TMG of local and regional newspaper and advertisement publishers. TMG is a large Dutch media group with national and regional newspapers, a range of periodicals, and a number of national radio stations.
Sources
25 September 2016: fd.nl
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Holland Media Combinatie, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 88725, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88725.
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