员工在周四和周五获知裁员消息，部分人通过电话和邮件得知。裁员发生在该报于6月被欧洲传媒集团阿克塞尔·施普林格收购之后。
《每日电讯报》的新东家已大规模裁员，并告知员工，该报将从一份报纸转型为“一个全球性的、由AI驱动的高端媒体和情报业务”。
Staff were told of redundancy on Thursday and Friday, some via Redundancies come after paper was bought in June by European media group Axel Springer The new owners of the Daily Telegraph have made large numbers of staff redundant, telling them the title will be transformed from a newspaper “into a global, AI-powered premium media and intelligence business”.
在周五上午的全员简报会和邮件中，员工被告知，该报将越来越多地依赖技术、数据和AI来“重塑读者体验”。新闻室内部人士透露，预计多达100人将失去工作。
In an all-company briefing and email on Friday morning, staff were told the title would rely increasingly on technology, data and AI to “reinvent the reader experience”. Newsroom insiders said they expected as many as 100 people to lose their jobs.
首席执行官卡罗琳·胡尔斯霍夫·波尔在邮件中写道，《电讯报》的“下一章”将聚焦新的收入来源，包括“视频、音频、谜题、活动、B2B业务、授权、电商和新产品”。
The “next chapter” of the Telegraph will focus on new revenue streams including “video, audio, puzzles, events, B2B, licensing, commerce and new products”, the CEO, Carolin Hulshoff Pol , wrote.
她还表示，将致力于在国际上拓展受众，“特别是在外交、国防和商业领域”。
It will also focus on growing its audience internationally, “particularly in foreign affairs, defence and business”, she said.
部分员工在周四被告知解雇，其他人则在周五上午接到电话和邮件。据称，一些资深员工在告知同事各自命运时泣不成声。
Some staff were told on Thursday they were being fired, while others received calls and emails on Friday morning. Some senior staff were said to be in tears as they told colleagues their fate.
据内部人士透露，文化部和体育部受冲击尤为严重。《电讯报》内部人士称，新闻室的气氛“如同停尸房”。
The culture and sports departments have been particularly hard hit, according to insiders. A source from inside the Telegraph said the atmosphere in the newsroom was “like a morgue”.
《电讯报》于6月以5.75亿英镑的价格被欧洲传媒集团阿克塞尔·施普林格收购，结束了该报及其员工经历的三年坎坷历程，期间潜在买家曾被叫停、交易告吹或面临激烈的内部反对。
The Telegraph was bought in June by the European media group Axel Springer for £575m, ending three tortuous years for the title and its staff, during which potential owners were blocked, fell through or faced fierce internal opposition.
该报加入了包括德国《图片报》和《世界报》，以及数字媒体《政治报》和《商业内幕》在内的品牌矩阵。阿克塞尔·施普林格首席执行官兼控股股东马蒂亚斯·德普夫纳表示，打算投资《电讯报》，将其打造为“英语世界领先的中右翼媒体机构”。
The paper joined a stable of media brands including the German titles Bild and Die Welt, as well as the digital outlets Politico and Business Insider. Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer’s chief executive and controlling shareholder, said he intended to invest in the Telegraph to make it the “leading centre-right media outlet in the English-speaking world”.
然而，在最近几周针对公司未来进行的内部员工磋商中，该报预计将进行大规模裁员。
However, heavy job cuts have been expected at the paper amid an internal staff consultation in recent weeks into the future of the business.
波尔表示，在漫长的出售过程中，“《每日电讯报》投资、适应和按市场要求的速度行动的能力受到限制”，并补充说，“媒体世界和技术以惊人的速度发生了变化”。
Pol said that during the lengthy sale process, “the Telegraph had limited ability to invest, adapt and move at the pace the market demanded”, adding that “the media world and technology have changed at extraordinary speed”.
“我们的雄心是将《每日电讯报》从一家领先的英国报纸转型为一家全球性的、由人工智能驱动的优质媒体和情报业务——建立在值得信赖的新闻、与受众的直接关系以及使我们与众不同的专业知识之上。
“Our ambition is to transform the Telegraph from a leading British newspaper into a global, AI-powered premium media and intelligence business – built on trusted journalism, direct relationships with our audiences and expertise that sets us apart.
“为实现这一雄心，我们需要改变组织架构、决策方式、资源聚焦领域并创造效率。我们需要更清晰的问责制、更快的决策和一个更简单、更有效的组织。”她说，该组织将“自信地使用人工智能，同时强化技术无法取代的东西：判断力、独创性、勇气和信任”。
“To deliver on this ambition, we need to change how we are organised, how decisions are made, where we focus our resources and create efficiencies. We need clearer accountability, faster decision-making and a simpler, more effective organisation.”She said the organisation would “use AI confidently while enhancing what technology cannot replace: judgment, originality, courage and trust”.
《每日电讯报》媒体集团的一位发言人重申了波尔的言论，并补充道：“今天标志着正式磋商程序的开始。这些是我们认为为公司未来所必需的艰难抉择。”TMG 拒绝确认裁员人数。
A spokesperson for the Telegraph Media Group reiterated Pol’s remarks, adding: “Today marks the start of a formal consultation process. These are difficult choices that we believe are necessary for the future of the business.”TMG would not confirm the number of redundancies.