Heather du Plessis-Allan: These TVNZ job losses won't be the last
First it was Newshub, now it's TVNZ.
We are still waiting on the details- staff have been told there will be 68 job losses, but the rest they’ll find out tomorrow.
The speculation in the media is that half of those job cuts will be in the newsroom. Fair Go and Sunday reportedly will be merged, Breakfast and Seven sharp are affected, as is the late bulletin.
Shortland Street will be cut down to three nights a week at some point, and the main news bulletin will reportedly be cut down to 30 minutes, but nothing is confirmed right now.
To be honest, if they want to save the ship, that is how…
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