就在德国公司接管这家英国报业出版商并承诺注资数月后，施普林格集团（Springer SE）正在削减《每日电讯报》传媒集团（Telegraph Media Group Ltd.）的职位。
Springer SE is cutting roles at Telegraph Media Group Ltd., just months after the German company took control of the British newspaper publisher on the promise of fresh investment.
《每日电讯报》编辑克里斯·埃文斯（Chris Evans）和首席执行官卡罗琳·胡尔斯霍夫·波尔（Carolin Hulshoff Pol）周五在一份发给员工的电子邮件中表示，该报将启动咨询期，面临裁员风险的员工将在中午前收到邮件。彭博新闻社看到了这份邮件。
The newspaper will start a consultation period, with staff at risk receiving an email by midday, Telegraph editor Chris Evans and Chief Executive Officer Carolin Hulshoff Pol said in an email to staff on Friday seen by Bloomberg News.
“这些是我们认为为了企业未来所必需的艰难抉择，”胡尔斯霍夫·波尔在备忘录中写道。备忘录未说明裁减多少职位。TMG发言人未立即回复置评请求。
“These are difficult choices that we believe are necessary for the future of the business,” Hulshoff Pol wrote in the memo. It didn’t say how many cuts were being made.
此次裁员标志着这家报业集团在阿克塞尔·施普林格旗下发生战略转向。该德国媒体集团于6月以5.75亿英镑（7.66亿美元）收购TMG，结束了围绕其前途的多年不确定性。这笔交易将欧洲最具影响力的两大保守派媒体品牌联合在了阿克塞尔·施普林格亿万富翁首席执行官马蒂亚斯·德普夫纳（Mathias Doepfner）麾下。
A TMG spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The cuts signal a shift for the newspaper group under Axel Springer, which acquired TMG for £575 million ($766 million) in June, ending years of uncertainty over its future. The deal united two of Europe’s most influential conservative media brands under Axel Springer’s billionaire Chief Executive Officer Mathias Doepfner.
当时，这家同时拥有《商业内幕》（Business Insider）和《政客》（Politico）的德国媒体集团承诺，将支持一项投资计划，“以拓展和发展业务，使其成为英语世界领先的中右翼媒体机构。”随后，阿克塞尔·施普林格派遣自家高管入主英国集团。曾任德国《图片报》（Bild）负责人的卡罗琳·胡尔斯霍夫·波尔出任首席执行官，资深高管帕特里克·韦尔曼（Patrick Wehrmann）获任命为财务总监。埃文斯将留任编辑职务。
At the time, the German media group, which also owns Business Insider and Politico, pledged to back an investment program “to grow and expand the business to enable it to become the leading center-right media outlet in the English-speaking world.”Axel Springer subsequently parachuted in its own top managers to the UK group. Carolin Hulshoff Pol, formerly head of German title Bild, became CEO, while longtime executive Patrick Wehrmann was appointed as finance chief. Evans will remain in his position.
根据变革方案，该出版物计划合并评论与分析团队，并整合专题与生活版块员工，埃文斯周五在宣布裁员的员工大会上表示。“我们将着力开发新的收入来源，并寻求拓展海外市场，”他说。
Under the changes, the publication plans to merge the comment and analysis teams, and combine features and lifestyle workers, Evans told staff at a meeting Friday to announce the cuts. “We will look to develop new revenue streams, and we will look to expand into overseas markets,” he said.