News Corp to wield axe on Photography jobs

News Corp, the nation's biggest newspaper company, have announced plans to reduce a significant numbers of photography jobs in each capital city, the first part of major lay-offs.

Up to 40 photography jobs are at risk in Melbourne alone, with some people to be hired back as freelancers, according to sources. In Adelaide, a department of 24 photographers is expected to be reduced to just eight.

However, a spokeswoman for News Corp told Fairfax the cuts wouldn’t be as drastic as some have predicted. Instead, News Corp will change from a “one hundred percent in-house model to a hybrid model where we retain a core team of specialist photographers combined with freelance and agency talent”.

“There will be redundancies as a result of these changes,” she added.

Furthermore, The Herald Sun (Melbourne), The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), the Courier Mail (Brisbane), the Adelaide Advertiser, and The Mercury (Hobart) are also expected to face further editorial cuts, according to Fairfax.