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Fox Sports Cuts Web Writing Staff to Invest More in Online Video

  • About 20 staffers will lose jobs in department’s transition
  • Fox Sports 1 gains in ratings against ESPN with opinion shows

21st Century Fox Inc.’s sports department is overhauling its online operations, eliminating the writing staff to invest in more-lucrative video production.

Fox Sports will eliminate about 20 writing and editing positions in Los Angeles and replace them with a similar number of jobs in video production, editing and promotion. Executives told staff in meetings Monday after outlining the new strategy in a memo obtained by Bloomberg. Affected employees will be encouraged to apply for the new posts.