Postmedia into "working from home"

 

Postmedia is shuttering its Vancouver newsrooms and asking its journalists to work from home permanently, The Globe and Mail reports.

It’s the latest move by the media company – which owns more than 130 brands, including the National Post, Vancouver Sun, The Province and Montreal Gazette – to shrink costs.

In an internal memo obtained by The Globe and Mail and sent by Harold Munro, editor-in-chief for The Vancouver Sun and Province on Thursday morning, journalists at the papers were informed that their newsroom and office space will go on the market as early as next week.

“It’s been three years since we vacated the newsrooms to work primarily from home. Initial concerns about the sudden shift quickly gave way to a pleasant realization that all of you have the tools and talent to thrive away from the office,” the memo reads.

“This is to inform you that Postmedia plans to sublease the newsroom and office space.” (Globe and Mail)