WBD Sports laying off 50+ more employees
Six months after one round of layoffs, another has come to WBD Sports.
Six months after one round of layoffs, another has come to WBD Sports.
RGIII says it's difficult to see the NFL cut jobs while cashing a $110 million check from Peacock to stream a single playoff game.
"Showing this amount of people the door, not for performance reasons, is very disappointing."
"At least one of the partners we were talking to said, 'We’re ready to sign today, but the optics of us announcing that we’re laying off X number of people and we signed a multimillion-dollar deal with the Pac-12 are just not the best, so we’re going to have to wait six weeks.'"
The ESPN layoffs hit a longtime executive in the company as the Worldwide Leader reportedly parted ways with John Dahl.
This looks to be the first of three waves of ESPN layoffs, with another one also focusing not on on-air talent by the summer, followed by cutbacks to on-air talent.
"I do think they're going to go to some other people who make big numbers and say 'You can stay, but we're going to cut you in half.' People are going to have decisions to make on that."
"Hell, for all I know, I might be one of them. Now I doubt that. But it’s possible. No one knows."
There are 17 layoffs in total here, but 12 new positions posted. There are also shifts in editorial structure.
There seem to be particular impacts on hockey and soccer coverage, but some people outside of that have been hit too.
The Warner Bros. Discovery layoffs have made their way to sports.
There look to be more layoffs ahead at ESPN, but it's not clear if those will come in a matter of weeks or months.
Yeah, it makes sense that Tribune wasn't actually going to give employees bonuses.