Warner Bros. Television lays off 82 employees and eliminates 43 vacant positions

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Warner Bros. Television Group has laid off 82 staffers across its unscripted and animation departments in another round of cuts at Warner Bros. Discovery.

As reported by Variety, Warner Bros. TV Group chairman Channing Dungey sent a memo to employees on Oct. 11 announcing the layoffs. The memo also explained that the company would opt not to fill 43 vacant positions, leading to a total loss of 125 jobs. This makes up 26% of Warner Bros. TV Group's total workforce.

This news came shortly after Warner Bros. TV Group, which acts as the production arm for The CW and DC Comics as well as the distribution arm of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and HBO, opted to shutter Stage 13 and end the Warner Bros. Television Workshop. The layoffs include consolidations in Warner Bros. Unscripted Television. Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna Barbera Studios will still exist, though Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios will merge their development and main production teams. According to the reports, output for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and HBO Max will remain the same.

 

[Artisan Vistra]

Hopefully, these layoff employees can reallocate.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

*Sweats nervously for Toonami*

 

[Dan The Man]

Not unexpected too. There are too many content providers and streamers - the industry needs consolidation.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Not unexpected too. There are too many content providers and streamers - the industry needs consolidation.

It does not, the anime industry is really being screwed over by consolidation. Hate to think of others.

 

[froggyboy604]

Hopefully, the layoff workers can find new jobs quickly, and Warner Bros. can improve their network, so they can hire more workers in the future.

 

[Artisan Vistra]

It does not, the anime industry is really being screwed over by consolidation. Hate to think of others.

The anime industry was screwed since it started with Astro Boy though.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

The anime industry was screwed since it started with Astro Boy though.

Then what else should have been aired?

 

[Artisan Vistra]

Then what else should have been aired?

It's not their fault, but the deal was for the TV station to give them the money from merch and take less pay in production. It's just the way they've been treated for it.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

It's not their fault, but the deal was for the TV station to give them the money from merch and take less pay in production. It's just the way they've been treated for it.

I'm sorry what?

 

[Artisan Vistra]

I'm sorry what?