As the entertainment industry still recovers from several compounding factors, Deadline aims to keep track of changes.
They are listed chronologically from newest to oldest below.
Mattel
The major toymaker of Barbie, Hot Wheels and more willlay off 120 workersas of mid-March 2025.
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ABC News willunderwent a restructuringas a result of the layoffs.
CNN
CNNcut around 200 jobsin January 2025.
Meta
The Facebook parent company Meta warned of layoffs of 5 % of its employees across platforms in January.
Discovery CEODavid Zaslav predictedat the 2024 Allen & Co. Sun Valley Retreat.
More than 300 jobs were lost.
The Fourth Estate has been hit hard.
Politicos estimate counts over 500 journalist layoffs this year alone.
That largely began in January with theLos Angeles Timescutting more than 20% of its newsroom.
Shortly after that,Timeunderwent layoffs as well, cutting 15% of its newsroom,according to CNN.
Nexstar
Nexstar Media Group Inc. began belt-tightening measures in December 2024 tocut 2 % of its workforce.
The reductions are centered on the companys local station portfolio, which is the largest in the U.S.
The 2% equates to about 260 employees.
TelevisaUnivision
Another traditional media company affected by cord-cutting,will lay off several hundredworkers in a restructuring move.
Lionsgate
Lionsgate Alternative Televisions unscripted TV armunderwent layoffsNov.
20 at eOnes U.S. label.
The Associated Press
TheAssociated Pressannounced plans to offerbuyoutsNov.
18, impacting about 8% of its workforce, thelatest mainstream news organizationto grapple with cost cutting.
The CW
The CW began undergoing layoffs Nov. 12. many as 35 peoplewere affected, and scripted PR was hit the hardest.
UTA
The agencybegan cutting employeesin its talent department, production group, unscripted division and endorsements and licensing.
The job reductions are split evenly between the two divisions, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Parks, ESPN and Disney Entertainment Television are safe for now.
This followed around of layoffsat the end of July.
Tracy Underwood stepped down as President of ABC Signature and took an overall producing deal with Disney Television Studios.
SVP Erin Wehrenberg, ABCs Head of Comedy, also stepped down.
The layoffs at Disney Entertainment Televisionaffected 140 people, around 2% of the workforce.
Animation studio Pixarreduced 14% of its staff, around 175 employees affected, in May.
The cuts were made to Paramount Television Studios as the production company wasshuttered all togetherin August.
The studio downsized in February with the departure of several key executives who left.
The moveimpacted over 800 employees.
A+E Networks
A+E Networks underwent layoffs in August with cuts to the Lifetime and the History Channels programming teams.
The company was partnered with Christian-based Trinity Broadcasting for distribution.
Hearsts Very Local Streaming Service
Hearst Television let go dozens of employees in early August, Deadlineexclusively reported.
Fox Entertainment
Fox Media has undergonestaff reductions, cutting 30 employees in July.
Lifted Entertainment
TheITV Studios-owned production company, which producesLove Islandhad15 to 20 rolescome under scrutiny.
The number represents around 10% of the circa-160-staff Lifted Entertainment operation.
Discovery
The company has begunanother round of layoffsacross production, business affairs and finance.
The layoffs will take place Sept. 7 ahead of Season 44.
Deadline exclusively reported the delays in pay as well as thesuspension of medical benefits.
Over 24,000 kiosks shut down as a result of the decline.
Media Matters for America
Layoffs at Media Mattersfor America affected more than a dozen staffers in May.
According to founder Jimmy Finkelstein, every option to raise sufficient capital for profitability was exhausted.
The startup had around 175 journalists employed, and advertising lead to its downfall.
Finkelsteinfaced a class action law suitfor nixing 300 employies effective immediately with no notice, severance or healthcare.
The total number of cuts made came it at around 100.
YouTube
YouTubelaid offover 100 people in January.
Pitchfork
Pitchforkparent Conde Nast announced that it would roll the music website intoGQ Magazineafter laying off staff.
NBC News
NBC News underwent aseries of layoffsin January, which affected a double digit number of employees.
Hallmark Media
The home of premier holiday movieswent through layoffsearly this year in the exec suites.
Four jobs were eliminated.
Great American Media
The faith and family-focusedGreat American Mediawent through layoffs at the beginning of this year.
Roughly 13 peoplewere cutfrom top jobs.
Amazon Studios
Several employees across Prime Video and Amazon Studios were laid off in early January.
