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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Amanda Meade Media correspondent

Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption

Signage outside a Nine Entertainment building.
Nine’s managing director of publishing, Tory Maguire, told staff the cuts at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age come amid an AI-based disruption to the industry. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Australia’s biggest media company, Nine Entertainment, has blamed the “extreme state of disruption” from AI for its decision to cut another 30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age.

On Tuesday, the managing director of publishing, Tory Maguire, told staff the company was looking to cut “around 30” positions, made up of voluntary and targeted redundancies. Maguire said the exercise was not simply a matter of cutting costs, but was an “evolution” to adapt to structural change.

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