{"summary":"1 announcement match \"gb news\": GB News (Up to 90 people, July). 2026 so far: 82 announced rounds of journalism job cuts in the UK and US totalling 5,435 jobs as stated (January to October), on pace for about 6,522 for the year vs at least 3,434 in 2025 and 3,875 in 2024. Largest: BBC (Up to 2,000 people), Channel 4 (340 people), The Guardian (Up to 315 casual staff).","as_of":"2026-10-29T14:53:00+00:00","stated_cuts_2026":5435,"announcements_2026":82,"annualized_pace":6522,"previous_years":{"2024":"at least 3,875","2025":"at least 3,434"},"largest":[{"outlet":"BBC","size":"Up to 2,000 people","month":"April"},{"outlet":"Channel 4","size":"340 people","month":"September"},{"outlet":"The Guardian","size":"Up to 315 casual staff","month":"October"},{"outlet":"The Washington Post","size":"More than 300 people","month":"February"},{"outlet":"Scripps","size":"268 people (431 total since start of the year)","month":"August"}],"entries":[{"month":"July","outlet":"GB News","size":"Up to 90 people","date":"6 July","summary":"GB News has proposed cutting up to 90 jobs, or around one-third of the workforce.","story_url":null}],"method":"Headline sizes as announced, including 'up to' figures; announcements without a number count as rounds but add nothing to the total. Pace = total / months covered x 12.","context":[{"fact":"GB News told staff in July it was proposing to cut as many as 90 jobs.","quote":"GB News told staff in July that it was proposing to cut as many as 90 jobs","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/journalism-job-cuts-2026-tracker/","reported":"2026-08-21"},{"fact":"The proposed GB News cuts were described as roughly a third of its workforce.","quote":"cut as many as 90 jobs, roughly a third of its workforce","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/journalism-job-cuts-2026-tracker/","reported":"2026-08-21"},{"fact":"Layoffs in the U.S. and U.K. journalism industry topped 2,300 newsroom jobs in the first half of 2026.","quote":"Layoffs in the U.S. and U.K. journalism industry topped 2,300 newsroom jobs in the first half of 2026, Press Gazette reported July 14","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/journalisms-workforce-shrinks-as-ai-and-new-consumer-habits-reshape-the-industry/","reported":"2026-07-17"},{"fact":"Press Gazette’s running tally tracked at least 3,434 jobs lost in 2025.","quote":"The Press Gazette’s running tally , tracked at least 3,434 jobs lost in 2025","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/journalisms-workforce-shrinks-as-ai-and-new-consumer-habits-reshape-the-industry/","reported":"2026-07-17"},{"fact":"Press Gazette’s running tally tracked at least 3,875 jobs lost in 2024.","quote":"The Press Gazette’s running tally , tracked at least 3,434 jobs lost in 2025 and at least 3,875 in 2024","source":"https://mediacopilot.ai/journalisms-workforce-shrinks-as-ai-and-new-consumer-habits-reshape-the-industry/","reported":"2026-07-17"}],"data_source":"Press Gazette, \"Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked\" (https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/)","disclosure":"Sponsored tool by oasy.ai (test brand in an Oasy ad experiment). Facts come from The Media Copilot's reporting; each one links its article and quotes it.","docs":"https://www.oasy.ai/api/layoffwatch/hngqb33d"}