Walt Disney Company announced layoffs on Wednesday at ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Network on Wednesday. According to familiar sources with the issue, cuts will have an impact on nearly 200 employees or less than 6% of total staff, the majority from the ABC News New York team.
The Wall Street Journal first reported news of this last series of layoffs.
“Rethinking the way we work at the end of our team unfortunately understands the reductions of our extraordinary staff”, ” Almin KaramehmedovicABC News chief said staff in an e-mail to staff members obtained by the journalist of the newspaper of the newspaper,, Joe Flint. “These decisions are incredibly difficult and today will undoubtedly be difficult for our organization.”
Email of the head of the news ABC Almin Karamehmedovic on the job cuts.
Team,
As we have often talked about, rationalize our operation to best serve our viewers and continue to position us as a leading press organization has been a goal for some time.
Rethink the way we …
– Joe Flint (@jbflint) March 5, 2025
The biggest victim is perhaps the 538 brand founded by Nate Silver In 2008 and finally acquired by ABC News in 2018. In the edition Wednesday of his Newsletter of reliable sources, CNN Media Analyst Brian Stelter Note that the site will be rolled up with 15 people who let go. The survey and analysis of the 538 political data will be absorbed by ABC News.
Money-which was dismissed by ABC News in 2023-Aigivate social media to cry the closure of 538. “My heart goes to people there,” he wrote. “They were extremely worked and produced a lot of extremely precious data and insight to all those who want to better understand politics. They deserved much better.
Oh Geez, I just saw the news about 538. My heart goes to people there. They were extremely worked and produced a lot of extremely precious data and information for all those who want to better understand politics. They deserved much better.
– Nate Silver (@ natesilver538) March 5, 2025
Other ABC news affected by layoffs include Good Morning America brand emissions, which will be consolidated under the executive producer Simone Swink. The third hour, GMA3, was previously supervised by another unit.
Likewise, ABC News long units – including ABC News Studios, 20/20, Nightline and Impact X Nightline – will now be part of a leadership structure. The digital editorial and social teams will be integrated as part of the Gattering News, shows and station units owned and operated with ABC.