Nine guts Fairfax websites after merger, with dozens laid off

Almost half of 26 redundancies are in editorial as Business Insider and sister sites are absorbed by Nine’s Pedestrian

Business Insider Australia and sister websites previously owned by Fairfax Media have been gutted by Nine as part of the merger, with more than half of the 50 staff made redundant.

At least a dozen of the 26 staff who lost their jobs on Tuesday were journalists who produced Business Insider, technology site Gizmodo, entertainment and fashion site PopSugar and gaming site Kotaku. The other job losses came from sales, finance and other support functions.

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