Half of all jobs in media expected to go in 5 years

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We calculated the total jobs in the media in the UK at about 400,000, that includes newspapers, radio, TV, production companies, advertising and so on, at the end of 2007.
"Between the beginning of 2008 and 2013 we're expecting half of those jobs to go. The big employers are the regional press, magazines, local advertising sales. Real numbers are in print."

Those are the words of Claire Enders, founder of independent consultancy group Enders Analysis who was talking to Reuters on Friday