Because, after all, they're not making the multi-millions they need for greed. So now they're up to speed.

OK, maybe not fair, and while the Globe takes note that on-air talent isn't affected, I noticed this sentence in the Star story:

"Four news management positions in Toronto are among the impacted roles."

So where could those be? Does Bell have any other news managers except at CFTO, CP24 and maybe CTV National News? There's no news director that I know of at CFRB - they barely have anything but headlines anymore. Where do you suppose these unfortunate managers (and I do feel bad for them) come from?

Sandi Rinaldo on CTV National News @ 5:30 reported “it was a difficult day at CTV News”. She went on to day Bell…laid off - 4 long time colleauges.   She also said there were 40 layoffs at Bell media - non-unionized.

RadioActive wrote:

Because, after all, they're not making the multi-millions they need for greed. So now they're up to speed.

OK, maybe not fair, and while the Globe takes note that on-air talent isn't affected, I noticed this sentence in the Star story:

"Four news management positions in Toronto are among the impacted roles."

So where could those be? Does Bell have any other news managers except at CFTO, CP24 and maybe CTV National News? There's no news director that I know of at CFRB - they barely have anything but headlines anymore. Where do you suppose these unfortunate managers (and I do feel bad for them) come from?

Probably whoever was at BNN Bloomberg.

It's not just Bell right sizing/downsizing...whatever the politically correct term is these days.  Many companies are doing this in small numbers so that they don't meet the threshold for official government reporting.  I understand that it's always about the money and the competition but, personally, I believe we are losing our humanity in the way companies are allowed to operate.  All that is being done is to squeeze more out of each employee as MBA types run the corporate show.  Many of them don't even understand the business or how to grow it...they mainly focus on how to cut costs because that is more easy route.

A good example is the amount of time we spend waiting on hold for customer service.  The bots companies are using certainly reduce their costs...but it's at the expense of the customer who wastes many hours on hold because the bot is incapable of handling unique scenarios. 

Last edited by JackofAll (November 21, 2025 10:54 am)

Try this one for The Star. 

https://archive.ph/x5Tbm

I wonder how much of this is due to artificial intelligence?

I saw the headline and my first thought was: "Uh-oh, even more technical problems at CTV Toronto coming down the road."  (their noon newscast already had two video glitches today).