Newspapers Take a Serious Hit 各行各業放無薪假 傳統新聞業也難以倖免

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, overall newspaper sales are going down and taking advertising revenue with it, as people stay indoors. Some marketing staff has been furloughed, along with dozens of journalists. Many of the rest have received pay cuts.

The newspaper industry is losing steam, but news providers see booming demand for their product. New websites see their traffic increase, and online subscriptions are growing too. However, some advertising industries, such as for retail and travel, have disappeared.

友善讓你懂 │ 解說

因為新冠肺炎疫情持續蔓延，許多行業都受到嚴重影響，包括新聞業。其中，印刷媒體影響最劇烈，銷量持續降低，廣告賣不出，也讓許多員工必須被迫放無薪假，甚至被解僱。

不過，許多以線上內容為主的新聞網站，則出現流量的成長，因為許多民眾被迫在家，且迫切需要資訊，新聞網站點閱率跟訂閱數都有上升。只是，有些廣告，例如零售與旅遊相關的產品，因為目前根本沒有需求，都已經消失無蹤了。

輕鬆帶著走 │ 學習

疫情影響了工作，許多人放起了「無薪假」，英文就叫做「furlough」，作為名詞使用時，可用on furlough。這個字也可以作為動詞使用，意思是「讓…放無薪假」，

• Furlough無薪假

例句（名詞）： 

There are more than 2000 people on furlough.

例句（動詞）： 

1. The company will consider furloughing a small number of workers.

2. Many workers have been furloughed. 

比較簡單的說法，也可以說unpaid leave

• Pay Cut 減薪
• Booming 成長、蓬勃