Disney To Cut 1,000 Jobs
Disney Walt Disney is planning to cut as many as 1,000 positions in the coming weeks. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569656851-0"); }); The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, said many of the job cuts will be made in the company’s marketing department. The Journal said that plans for the coming job cuts began before Josh D’Amaro assumed his new role as Disney’s chief executive officer in March. The planned layoffs could affect less than 1% of its total employees. Disney employed about 231,000 people as of the end of fiscal year 2025. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569913499-0"); }); READ ALSO: Gold Steadies As Investors Eye US-Iran Ceasefire Disney’s newly appointed chief marketing officer, Asad Ayaz, also plans to unite the company’s marketing group and reduce expenses under code-named Project Imagine, the report added. Ayaz began to oversee a newly created company-wide marketing organization in January. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587799169-0"); }); Join Our Whatsapp Channel To join: Simply click on the link below & turn on notifications to get the latest updates Subscribe to Our Newsletter In This Article: Disney Entertainment Job Cut More Stories OpenAI, Disney To Let Fans Create AI Videos In Landmark Deal Jimmy Kimmel Extends Late Night Contract For A Year Jimmy Kimmel Show To Return Tuesday /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * / var disqus_shortname = 'channelstelevision'; // Required - Replace example with your forum shortname / * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */ (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
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