10 Daily’s closure is ‘not a reaction’ to COVID-19, Ten tells ‘blindsided’ staff
Yesterday, just four days after celebrating the site’s second birthday, the 10 Daily team was called into a meeting to be told the masthead was closing, and many of them would be out of jobs by the end of the week.
As the meeting was wrapping up, Ten boss Beverley McGarvey sent an email telling staff the decision was “not a response” to COVID-19, but rather part of a broader strategy, while acknowledging that “some staff will leave” the business.
“The recent impact of COVID-19 on the media industry has reinforced the need to continue to align our business with our evolving customer needs and global business model, but I want to stress that the changes are part of our broader strategy, not a reaction to recent events,” McGarvey said in the email seen by Mumbrella.
