Global News axes almost 80 jobs; will hire 50 new digital journos

TORONTO – Global News is cutting close to 80 positions across the country, many of them tied to TV production, as part of its "transformation into a sustainable, digital-first organization".A story on the Global News website said that the company will add 50 new positions in “the growth area of digital news”, mostly journalists who will file for new, local versions of the Globalnews.ca website in Ottawa, Kitchener, Guelph and Barrie in Ontario.Global already has 18 websites across Canada that it says were born from the company’s traditional television and news-talk radio stations.“With digital platforms, our audience no longer is tied...