MTVN to cut jobs to grow digital

Cory Bergman February 12th, 2007

Viacom is expected to announce today that it plans to cut 250 jobs at MTV Networks in an effort to invest more money in digital media. The goal is to consolidate positions in production, human resources and legal across MTVN’s operating units. Last week, Discovery announced a variety of cuts to shift resources to digital. As we’ve written many times here on Lost Remote, job cuts will intensify over the next couple of years across the industry. To increase staff on the digital front, companies are subtracting staff from TV — and TV staffers who haven’t taken the effort to learn digital skills will be the first to go.