Topic: Standard Group
Troubled Standard Group to lay off 300 employees in fresh round of redundancy
Jul 31, 2024 at 12:43 AM
The cash-strapped Standard Group Limited (SGL) has announced its intention to retrench 300 employees in the latest round of layoffs by the financially struggling media company....
Media fraternity mourns as ex-KTN anchor Michael Oyier dies in Nairobi
Apr 20, 2024 at 07:27 PM
Former KTN News anchor Michael Oyier, known for his illustrious career in broadcast journalism and leadership coaching, has tragically passed away....
Very curious cases of ‘auctioneer’ goons attacking Standard Group every payday
Nov 30, 2023 at 01:00 PM
Employees at Standard Group were on Thursday morning left baffled after goons raided their Mombasa-Road based offices in a bid to cart away office items allegedly for auction....
Standard Group pushes for voluntary early retirement as fresh layoffs loom
Oct 06, 2023 at 01:24 PM
The Standard Group has announced a Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) program for its employees, amid fears of fresh retrenchments....
Troubled Standard Group set to retrench more employees following H1 2023 losses
Sep 01, 2023 at 06:43 PM
The Standard Group, a prominent player in the media industry, has announced its intention to declare redundancy, impacting staff across various departments after registering losses...
Standard Group posts Sh147 million pre-tax loss for H1 2023 amid revenue woes
Aug 25, 2023 at 07:20 PM
The Standard Group has posted a loss before tax of Sh147 million for the half-year ended June 30, 2023, compared to the loss before tax of Sh428.9 million posted the previous year...
Carole Kimutai shares her 8 reflections and lessons as she exits Standard Group
Jul 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Carole Kimutai exited Standard Group Limited at the end of June after working at the Mombasa Road-based media house for the past six years....
Standard Group board appoints acting CEO as it accepts Lyomu's resignation
Jul 07, 2023 at 02:24 PM
Standard Group Limited (SGL) Board of Directors has appointed Joe Munene as acting Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after the resignation of embattled Orlando Lyomu last week....
Details emerge of ugly financial scandals at embattled Standard Group Limited
Jul 03, 2023 at 07:08 PM
Details have emerged of the dubious financial scandals that have rocked the embattled Standard Group Limited (SGL) leaving its employees in an ominous financial distress....
Standard Group CEO Orlando Lyomu resigns amid gleaming hope of revival
Jun 28, 2023 at 11:55 PM
Standard Group Limited (SGL) CEO Orlando Lyomu is set to exit the embattled media company on Friday after he finishes serving his one-month-long notice of resignation....
Kenya Union of Journalists calls for Standard Group staff strike over unresolved salaries row
Dec 30, 2022 at 07:11 PM
The Kenya Union of Journalists has issued a statement calling the Standard Group Limited staff to down their tools from January 6, 2023....
MCK demands speedy probe into gruesome murder of Standard Group journalist Moses Omusolo
Dec 23, 2022 at 07:51 PM
The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned the heinous murder of Standard Group’s business journalist Moses Okiror Omusolo....
Standard Media’s Laban Cliff Onserio arraigned for posession of stun grenade
Dec 19, 2022 at 06:52 PM
The Standard Group PLC’s Chief of Staff and news anchor Laban Cliff Onserio has been arrested and arraigned in court....
Standard Group to lay off more than 100 employees, slash salaries from January
Dec 07, 2022 at 09:27 PM
Standard Group Limited (SGL) on Wednesday confirmed the worst fears of most journalists after it announced that it will retrench more than 100 employees at the firm in January....
Standard Group Editor-in-Chief rolls out newsroom convergence changes
Dec 09, 2021 at 05:53 PM
Announcing the editorial changes, the Standard Group Editor-in-Chief Ochieng’ Rapuro said the changes will streamline Standard Group’s operations in the converged newsroom setu...
I was fired for ‘unsatisfactory performance’, Peter Opondo reveals on his sudden exit from Standard Group
Jul 20, 2021 at 08:46 AM
Veteran journalist Peter Opondo has come out to publicly admit that he was recently fired as the Editor for Strategy and Content at the Mombasa Road based Standard Group Limited....
Jalang'o cautions content creators against selling their contents to TV stations
Jul 10, 2021 at 03:02 PM
Comedian and radio presenter Felix Odiwuor, popularly known as Jalang’o has disclosed that he canceled over 8 offers from media stations that wanted to air his show Bonga na Jala...