Swiss publisher Tamedia makes massive job cuts and closes printing plants

The TX Group has announced the reduction of around 200 full-time positions in the printing plants of its subsidiary Tamedia. In addition, 90 jobs will be affected in the editorial offices, the group announced on Tuesday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The redundancies are subject to a consultation process, the TX Group wrote in its press release on the half-year results. Social plans will be applied. This also includes the possibility of early retirement. Tamedia currently employs 1,800 people in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland. Tamedia is no longer able to operate three printing plants profitably, it said. Printing plants will therefore be successively shut down: the printing centre in Bussigny, canton Vaud, is expected to close at the end of March 2025. The printing plant in Zurich will close at the end of 2026, meaning that printing will be concentrated at the centre in Bern. Limit digital offering to four brands The media company ...