Rogers Media has made layoffs across its publishing sector, affecting several business-to-business and consumer publications. The cuts, revealed Wednesday, do not affect other Rogers divisions, but swept across positions in print editorial, advertising and production.

‘The drop in advertising spending has been even steeper than we and other media had anticipated,’ said Suneel Khanna, senior director of communications for Rogers Consumer Publishing. Khanna would not confirm the number of employees that were let go, though the trade publication Masthead Online is reporting the figure to be about 40 jobs, or 4% of its workforce.

Canadian Business, which on Wednesday also received the prestigious Magazine of the Year nomination from the National Magazine Awards, said goodbye to three staffers in editorial, a source has confirmed.

In December, Rogers laid off about 40 people and in January offered employees the option of a four-day work week in exchange for a 20% pay cut.

From Media in Canada