New digital masthead The Nightly is set to avoid the reported scores of job cuts incoming at Seven West Media, Crikey understands.
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported up to 150 jobs are on the chopping block amid a restructure announced by Seven West on Tuesday that saw senior executives leave the company and a new CFO announced. However sources speaking to Crikey say The Nightly will be left untouched.
Crikey understands every state that Seven operates in has a target of redundancies to be met, with all departments (besides The Nightly) set to be affected.
Chief revenue officer Kurt Burnette and head of sport and Seven Melbourne managing director Lewis Martin are among the biggest names to depart in the shakeup, which The Australian Financial Review reports is part of an attempt
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