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  1. layoffs
    Amazon Lays Off Hundreds Across Its Streaming BusinessesA rough 2023 for the industry has turned into a rough start to 2024.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  2. epic fails
    Bandcamp Hit With Layoffs Amid Sale to SongtradrAround 50 percent of employees have been laid off since Epic sold the company.
    By Justin Curto
  3. layoffs
    Lightyear Director and Producer Who Saved Toy Story 2 Among Disney Pixar LayoffsThe same producer who saved Toy Story 2 by having a backup file has reportedly been laid off.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  4. the industry
    The NPR Layoffs Eat Into Its FutureThe public-radio mothership made some deep cuts this week as it leans back into its broadcast roots.
    By Nicholas Quah
  5. sad blawg
    Gawker Is Gawn, AwgainBustle Digital Group has pulled the plug on nü Gawker and laid off 8 percent of staff.
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  6. again with this guy!
    More Layoffs Hit the Animation Group at Warner Bros.Cartoon Network Studios and WB Animation feel the squeeze.
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. hbo axe’d
    Warner Bros. Discovery Isn’t Done With Layoffs YetWith every high (winning the most Emmys) comes low lows (losing a chunk of your ad-sales team).
    By Savannah Salazar
  8. who’s watching?
    Netflix Just Laid Off Twice As Much Staff As It Did Last MonthThe company sent “around 300 employees” home today.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  9. are you still watching?
    More Bad Netflix News: 150 Jobs Were Just SlashedMainly U.S. jobs in original-content programming.
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. dinner party
    What to Do About Tudum …For starters, let’s be honest: Under Netflix, this was always doomed.
    By Tirhakah Love
  11. disney
    Disney Parks to Lay Off 28,000 Employees Due to COVID-19 ImpactMany workers have been furloughed since April.
    By Charu Sinha
  12. oh boy
    Billboard, Hollywood Reporter Face the Wrath of Fired IT Staff“Oh boy, is this great.”
    By Charu Sinha
  13. layoffs
    Upright Citizens Brigade’s Founders Address Mass LayoffsAmy Poehler will reportedly cover an extra month of health-care coverage for full-timers.
    By Megh Wright
  14. the grind
    How It Feels to Get Fired From Your Comedy Dream JobTen former staffers from late-night shows, satirical websites, and online comedy outlets look back on the day they got the bad news.
    By Brian Boone
  15. layoffs
    Almost Everyone at CollegeHumor Has Lost Their JobsThe internet is a very tough place to be a comedy outlet.
    By Megh Wright
  16. Absolutely Beautiful: Former ClickHole Contributors Reveal ThemselvesA rare peek behind the ClickHole curtain.
    By Megh Wright
  17. streaming
    Sony Crackle Lays Off Employees Amid RestructuringThe cuts come as part of a larger restructuring at Sony.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  18. Another Round of Layoffs Hit Funny or DieA year and a half after a round of layoffs that shuttered the San Mateo engineering office and left 37 people without a job and almost one year […]
    By Megh Wright
  19. the streaming wars
    SoundCloud Plans to Forge Ahead Independently, Lays Off Near Half of Its StaffSoundCloud just slashed 40 percent of its staff to avoid being bought by a major streaming company.
    By Dee Lockett
  20. Seeso’s Days Are NumberedThe future isn’t looking very bright for NBC’s streaming comedy site Seeso. According to Variety, NBCUniversal is laying off Seeso staff […]
    By Megh Wright
  21. Funny or Die Just Laid Off 37 People Some sad news out of LA today: Funny or Die just laid off 30% of their staff, a total of 37 people, in a restructuring that new CEO Mike […]
    By Adam Frucci
  22. Jay Leno Nibbles the Hand that Feeds Him Over Recent Layoffs This is probably the first time he’s told a joke he’s believed in in 15 years. They come after 20+ members of The Tonight Show staff were […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  23. downsizing
    Jay Leno Snarked About The Tonight Show’s Downsizing“We’ve consistently been No. 1 in the ratings, and if you know anything about our network, that kind of thing is frowned upon.”
    By Caroline Shin
  24. layoffs
    Oprah Winfrey Network Slashes 30 Jobs in RestructuringThat’s one fifth of its staff.
    By Brett Smiley
  25. economypocalypse
    The Met Makes Good on Promised LayoffsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it has completed the round of layoffs announced back in March, with an overall death toll of 357 positions.
    By Lane Brown
  26. fox
    Fox to Make Layoffs Entertaining“It’s ‘Survivor’ meets ‘The Office,’” says the idiot who came up with this.
    By Lane Brown
  27. bummers
    Warner Bros. Slashes 800 JobsIt’s not all ice cream and kittens today.
    By Lane Brown