‘Game of Thrones’: AFR editor blindsided as Nine inundated with voluntary redundancy applications

A sign held outside Nine’s North Sydney office during the staff strike in late July. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Weekly Beast understands the publishing division of Nine, which is set to lose up to 90 staff, has been oversubscribed with voluntary redundancy applications. Staff have been told they will be informed next week if their application for a payout has been accepted. There will be no forced redundancies.

Meanwhile, at the AFR on Monday, editor Fiona Buffini was blindsided by a sideways move which was not of the voluntary kind.