Internal memo outlines Shaw Media restructuring

TORONTO and CALGARY – An internal memo circulated to staff at Shaw Media this week told employees exactly what was to be cut and altered as its portion of the corporate restructuring announced late Monday.The majority of cuts at the station level involve three areas: the consolidation of graphics production at Global Toronto, which will “eliminate overlap and duplication,” reads the memo. The company is creating a single centre for both broadcast and online graphics in Toronto which will have the capacity to produce more graphics than its current production centres allow, and regularly “create new 3-D and virtual storytelling...