m-p{3} to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish • 10 months agoCBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of workforce, end some programming as it faces $125M budget shortfallwww.cbc.camessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkCBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of workforce, end some programming as it faces $125M budget shortfallwww.cbc.cam-p{3} to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareConcettalinkfedilink30•edit-210 months agoFuck them for defunding CBC. They have too much value to lose to austerity.
minus-squarem-p{3}OPlinkfedilink12•edit-210 months agoInflation (increasing production cost, hardware, licensing, salaries) and dwindling ad revenue was a double-whammy on their finance projection, and now they sadly have to adjust where layoffs are necessary… :(
minus-squareConcettalinkfedilink21•10 months agoI mean, I get it, but I also don’t think our federal broadcaster should have ever had to rely on ad dollars.
minus-squarem-p{3}OPlinkfedilink6•10 months agoI wish they did manage to rely entirely on public funding…
Fuck them for defunding CBC. They have too much value to lose to austerity.
Inflation (increasing production cost, hardware, licensing, salaries) and dwindling ad revenue was a double-whammy on their finance projection, and now they sadly have to adjust where layoffs are necessary… :(
I mean, I get it, but I also don’t think our federal broadcaster should have ever had to rely on ad dollars.
I wish they did manage to rely entirely on public funding…