LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Massive layoffs appear to be on the horizon at Twitter, especially if billionaire Elon Musk completes his $44 billion purchase of the company, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. While pitching his deal to buy Twitter to investors, Musk said he planned to get rid of nearly three-quarters of the firm’s workers,…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Job losses are on the way at one of country’s leading newspapers, The Nation. Members of staff of the newspaper are facing uncertain future in view of the development, having read the mindsets of the individuals that operate at the higher level of the media outfit that ‘cutting costs by cutting employees…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Naspers’ pay-television business MultiChoice Group, owners of DSTV, is planning to lay off close to 2,200 workers in a shake-up of its customer care service, the company said on Friday. The axing will affect workers in South Africa. MultiChoice, which competes with Netflix in online streaming via Showmax, said in a statement…