Walt Disney TV Group to Enact Significant Layoffs Amid Reorganization

The Walt Disney Company’s television division is shrinking its staff amid the ongoing reorganization, Variety has learned. Though the scope of the layoffs is unclear, no further rounds are expected after Thursday through the end of the calendar year.
This comes after the announcement earlier this week that Disney Television entertainment chief Dana Walden would consolidate the group’s programming and studio operations, which in turn follows efforts by Disney’s general entertainment content chairman Peter Rice last month to establish a new structure following the company’s decision to split off the content creation team from distribution and commercialization activities.
That all stems from the top — Disney CEO Bob Chapek made a sweeping restructuring announcement in October that created a new distribution and monetization arm under Kareem Daniel and emphasized the entertainment conglomerate’s focus on streamlining and amplifying its direct-to-consumer ambitions.
News about upcoming layoffs is not entirely unexpected,...
This comes after the announcement earlier this week that Disney Television entertainment chief Dana Walden would consolidate the group’s programming and studio operations, which in turn follows efforts by Disney’s general entertainment content chairman Peter Rice last month to establish a new structure following the company’s decision to split off the content creation team from distribution and commercialization activities.
That all stems from the top — Disney CEO Bob Chapek made a sweeping restructuring announcement in October that created a new distribution and monetization arm under Kareem Daniel and emphasized the entertainment conglomerate’s focus on streamlining and amplifying its direct-to-consumer ambitions.
News about upcoming layoffs is not entirely unexpected,...
- 12/3/2020
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
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