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EXCLUSIVE UPDATED WITH MORE NAMES: Following the recent consolidation of ABC and Hulu’s original content under Craig Erwich and 20th Television and Touchstone TV under Karey Burke, a number of high-level executives are exiting their posts in the ongoing major round of layoffs across Disney’s TV Group today, which is be…

Layoffs were taking place on Thursday at ABC News as part of a restructuring and job cuts across The Walt Disney Co. The layoffs were in the “low single digit” percentage of the workforce and were across the news division, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. The news division has about 1,400…

Walt Disney’s Television Group is set to cut a significant swathe of roles following its major restructures over the past few weeks. Deadline understands that the cuts are happening Thursday in the General Entertainment unit of the Mouse House, which is run by Peter Rice. This morning, Radio Disney said its was ceasing…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks is letting go 10% of its U.S. workforce, eliminating nearly 100 positions in a reorganization designed to streamline the company’s linear and streaming operations. CEO Josh Sapan announced the cuts during a virtual town hall meeting earlier today, company insiders tell Deadline. He said a…

ViacomCBS has been hit with another round of job cuts as layoffs and restructuring continue across big media and entertainment companies. A person familiar with the situation said some 100 staffers are impacted across the combined company, primarily but not entirely in corporate roles and including finance and ad…

The latest wave of layoffs at NBCUniversal is starting today, with about 5% of employees within the Frances Berwick-run business side of its Television & Streaming division set to depart. Deadline, which revealed last month that layoffs were coming in mid-November, understands that this amounts to fewer than 100…

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar addressed company employees at a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, which followed the latest round of layoffs at the media company yesterday. Kilar, joined by James Cummings, EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, and Christy Haubegger, EVP and Head of Marketing & Communications, opened…

A significant round of layoffs forecast last month at WarnerMedia is getting under way today. CEO Jason Kilar emailed staffers this morning, acknowledging the process is “painful” but also calling it a “critical” step in the AT&T division’s evolution. (See his full memo below.) The entertainment outfit has seen…

With the U.S. topping 100,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time on Wednesday, Thursday saw a flood of pandemic-related bad news in Hollywood. There were multiple studio layoff announcements, a terrible Q3 earnings report for one exhibitor and a production shut down due to infection. Click on the video above…

EXCLUSIVE: Following up on the news this morning that ESPN is laying off several hundred employees, we've learned that there are also a handful of layoffs taking place at Disney's studio division – including six people at Searchlight Pictures. Other areas impacted include Disney's studio marketing group as well as its…

On the day of its earnings call, Lionsgate has made the tough decision to cut 15% of its Global Motion Picture Group workforce. Joe Drake, chairman of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, just revealed the bad news to employees and you can read his memo below. The cuts announced Thursday follow those that hit marketing and…

Walt Disney’s ESPN will eliminate 500 positions, including 300 jobs that are filled and 200 that aren’t, to reserve cash for DTC and digital initiatives, the sports media broadcaster, chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo (below) to staff Thursday. He said the division had reached an "inflection point." "The speed at…