Tag: media layoffs

Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery puts David Ellison’s $6 billion synergy target into a media labor market that’s already structurally smaller after years of elevated layoffs. Ellison said most savings will come from non-labor sources, but history shows…

In The Streaming Wars first Industry Guide, The Future of Media Jobs, we show how consolidation, distribution volatility, and margin discipline are structurally repricing media employment. Layoff data from 2023 through 2025 points to sustained contraction, with AI raising throughput…

Kirby breaks down how media companies’ current operating model of flattened orgs, overreliance on metrics, and escalating routine decisions to execs undermines speed, quality, and alignment. As middle managers vanish, early decision-making disappears, pushing rework and delays downstream while output…

Ask Skip breaks down the fallout from Omnicom's expected 4,000 layoffs post-IPG merger, framing it as a structural collapse of the full-service agency model. Skip outlines four brutally honest paths forward—going brand-side, building an indie hustle, pivoting into content/streaming, or…

Ask Skip breaks down the current state of media and entertainment, arguing that the industry's direct-to-consumer efforts were more obligation than ambition. With M&E companies struggling to operate as true DTC platforms, Skip encourages openness to new sectors that might…

Ask Skip calls out legacy media for faking transformation while quietly executing a slow-motion collapse. Instead of real strategic pivots, companies are slashing costs, consolidating teams, and staging investor theater—all to buy time until an acquisition. True reinvention would require…

Warner Bros. Discovery just axed dozens from its linear networks division, quietly admitting cable’s a sinking ship. Meanwhile, nearly 60% of shareholders told David Zaslav to shove his $52 million payday, voting against his comp package. Between layoffs, a junk…

Variety discusses how this year’s TV upfronts were steeped in irony and anxiety, with media giants putting on a confident face despite industry-wide budget cuts, layoffs, and shifting strategies. Live sports dominated pitches, scripted TV continued to shrink on broadcast,…

Disney has cut 200 jobs across ABC News and its entertainment networks, shutting down FiveThirtyEight and consolidating teams. A+E Networks is rebranding as A+E Global Media, ditching its cable-era baggage to go all-in on streaming, FAST, and digital content. While…

Disney has laid off 300 U.S. employees in corporate roles as part of cost-cutting efforts, with Parks, ESPN, and Disney Entertainment Television unaffected. This follows similar layoffs across the media industry, including Paramount and Fox, as companies respond to a…