Press Moves
The Agility team is pleased to deliver your weekly roundup of moves, job opportunities, and key industry updates. The content found on this page is a sample of tracked changes to the industry—the full roundup can be found in the Press Moves email newsletter, available to both our customers and those within the media industry.
USA Moves
Press Moves USA – September 2025
The Wall Street Journal: Brewer, Katherine joins as Executive Editor. Associated Press: Yamat, Rio joins as Airlines and Travel Reporter. The Wall Street Journal: Kimeu, Caroline joins as Africa Correspondent. The Wall Street Journal: Wright, Terell joins as News...
Press Moves USA – August 2025
CoStar Group: Kellogg, Valerie joins as Senior Copy Editor.Bloomberg Television: Dufner, Edward joins as Editor At Large. The Wall Street Journal: Eisen, Ben joins as Personal Finance Bureau Chief. Bloomberg Television: Ortega, Erick joins as Senior Producer. The Wall...
Press Moves USA – July 2025
KSPR ABC 33: Hamilton, Garrett joins as Meteorologist/MMJ. 11 Alive: Rosen, Rachel joins as Traffic Anchor.Forbes US: Licosa, Martina joins as Reporter.Pacific Business News: Noone, Virginia joins as Reporter.Business Insider: Herbst, Julia joins as Senior Leadership...
UK Moves
Press Moves UK – September 2025
The Sunday Times: Glancy, Josh joins as Associate Editor. The Sun UK: Gardener, Luke joins as Head of Social and Engagement. The Sun UK: Weston, Katie joins as Trends News Editor. The Independent: Amofa, Richard joins as Optimisation Editor. The Telegraph UK: Taylor,...
Press Moves UK – August 2025
Creative Review: Yeung, Vivian joins as Head of Social.The Drinks Business: Maurice-Jones, Amelie joins as Senior Writer.Glasgow Live: Tariq, Fahad joins as Content Editor.Global: Girling, Charlie joins as Head of TV and Movie Relations.Construction News: Davies,...
Press Moves UK – July 2025
Bloomberg News: Nimmo, Jamie joins as U.K. Business Editor.The Grocer: Bernard, Dominic joins as Finance Reporter.Tyla: Burgess, Maddy joins as Journalist.Another Man: Mills, Jack joins as Editor. Vogue Business: O'Brien, Amy joins as Tech Editor. British Vogue:...
Canada Moves
Press Moves Canada – April 2025
The Toronto Star: Raven, Amy joins as Investigative Reporter.Global News: Rabinovitch, Ari joins as National Digital Broadcast Journalist.TheTravel: Degn, Emily Iris joins as Discovery Travel Journalist.
Press Moves Canada – March 2025
The Globe and Mail: Fong, April joins as Editor-in-Chief.La Presse: Bolano, Clément joins as Journaliste au pupitre.
Press Moves Canada – February 2025
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Pitcher, Trevor joins as Editor-in-Chief.Thomson Reuters: Tabahriti, Sam joins as Breaking News Correspondent.
Media Layoffs and Closures
July 2026, BBC to axe arts and culture channel BBC4 and invest in YouTube and TikTok
The BBC announced substantial cost-saving measures that include cutting around 2,000 jobs and closing niche services such as BBC3 and BBC4 as part of a broader reallocation of resources toward digital platforms like YouTube and TikTok. Management framed the shift as a...
July 2026, Charter to discontinue Town and Country network operations center; 107 layoffs planned
Charter Communications announced it will discontinue operations at a network operations center in Town and Country and expects to lay off 107 employees, primarily network engineers and regional management, with an effective date in September. Charter says the building...
July 2026, 213 Employees Laid off at ZeniMax Online Studios and 166 at ZeniMax Media
A WARN filing and reporting reveal that hundreds of roles were eliminated across ZeniMax divisions in Maryland, with ZeniMax Online Studios and ZeniMax Media hit especially hard. The story links these layoffs to the wider wave of job cuts announced across Xbox-owned...
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May 2026, AP Restructuring Eliminates 20 Journalists
Reporting on the Associated Press’ recent workforce reduction, this account details that 20 staffers covered by the News Media Guild were laid off as part of a broader reorganization. AP spokespeople described the cuts as part of a plan to reorient operations toward...
May 2026, Business Insider to cut under 5% of global newsroom jobs
Business Insider is reducing newsroom headcount by fewer than 5% as part of an editorial realignment intended to sharpen coverage around areas that drive readership. Leadership framed the move as a shift of resources toward higher-engagement topics like workplace and...
May 2026, Community radio forced to close after cyber hack
Ocean City Radio (OCR), a Plymouth community radio station that had grown its listenership to around 25,000 weekly listeners, announced closure after a coordinated cyberattack emptied its bank account and then disrupted its crowdfunding appeal. The station faced...
May 2026, Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire Faces Layoffs and Declining Influence
Reporting on recent staffing cuts at the Daily Wire, a news report situates the layoffs as part of a broader business contraction tied to plunging platform-driven viewership and changing advertiser behavior. It details how the outlet’s freemium funnel—using viral...
May 2026, Midcoast Villager newspaper cuts staff in bid for financial stability
The Midcoast Villager implemented a round of layoffs and buyouts that removed six positions, including its managing editor and multiple copy‑editing and sales roles. Publisher Aaron Britt framed the changes as a financial restructuring intended to put the recently...
May 2026, BBC News staff to be hit hardest by major job cuts with 2,000 roles set to be axed
The Independent reports that the BBC’s news division has been told to expect an unusually deep round of cost-cutting, with roughly 15% of news operations targeted and up to 2,000 roles across the corporation potentially affected. Management attributes the heavier...
May 2026, New Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners making deep cuts to newsroom staff
Recent coverage documents the Post-Gazette’s dramatic newsroom downsizing after purchase by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism. Reporters describe being asked to reinterview for their roles and many learning of non-retention only after the fact. The article...
May 2026, Media Trade Magazine World Screen Shuts Down After 40 Years
World Screen, a long-running trade publication covering the international television market, has ceased publishing after four decades. The publisher announced an immediate end to publishing activities and said the company will run a transition period to handle...
May 2026, The News-Review Discontinues Print Edition; 11 Positions Affected
Parent company Lotus Media Group confirmed The News-Review will cease its print publication effective May 1 and transition fully to its website and mobile app, a change that will impact 11 positions tied to print production.
May 2026, CPAC Cancels Two News Programs, Cites ‘Accelerating Revenue Decline’
CPAC announced it is canceling two long running programs as part of cost-saving measures. The non profit network’s move includes a roughly 15% staffing reduction affecting a dozen employees and is aimed at preserving CPAC’s core mission of unfiltered parliamentary...
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Press Moves brings you a selection of the most recent media moves and key changes in the weeks ahead. These are among the thousands of updates made every day on Agility.
The Agility PR Solutions team is pleased to deliver your monthly roundup of journalist appointments and key updates within the media. We appreciate your input, and we hope that you find the Press Moves bulletin useful, keeping you up to date with media changes across the USA, UK and Canada.