Walla

Fifth departure from Walla Culture in three months: Dr. Avner Shavit, Walla's veteran film critic, announced his resignation after 16 and a half years. At the beginning of the month, Adi Gold was appointed as the section editor.

A series of resignations at the Walla news desk over a short period: since Ilail Shahar took office as head of the news desk, 8-10 editors have announced their departure, including senior desk managers and the veteran homepage editor. A former employee: "Everyone here has either found a job or is looking for one."

Adi Gold joins the culture section at Walla after serving as the site's homepage editor for the past six months. He brings to the role an extensive career in the media industry with a variety of prominent positions.

After months of tension between management and the employees' representatives, agreements were reached on a reduction plan: up to seven employees will end their employment, two will be reassigned to other roles, and management committed not to carry out further layoffs among journalists in the next seven months.

Walla dismissed an editor evacuated from Miflasim after setting "unrealistic" performance targets. Despite a 150% increase in traffic, she was fired. The court ordered the news site to pay 53,000 shekels in compensation.

Reports indicate that the website offered the Ministry of National Security, led by Itamar Ben Gvir, to conduct an advertising campaign promoting the standby squads project, a central focus of the minister's election campaign.