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ESPN to lay off 300 employees, while also not filling 200 open positions
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:40 pm
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ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro announced to staffers that roughly 300 people will be laid off as parent company Disney shifts to more direct-to-consumer streaming. The memo follows internal discussions about layoffs related to Covid-19.
ESPN will also part ways with some on-air talent once contracts expire.
“As you know, we value transparency in our internal dialogue, and that means in both good and challenging times,” Pitaro wrote in the memo. “After much consideration, I have some difficult organizational decisions to share. We will be reducing our workforce, impacting approximately 300 valued team members, in addition to 200 open positions.
The network employs roughly 6,000 people worldwide.
This post was edited on 11/5/20 at 3:47 pm
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:44 pm to paperwasp
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“As you know, we value transparency in our internal dialogue, and that means in both good and challenging times,” Pitaro wrote in the memo. “After much consideration, I have some difficult organizational decisions to share.
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:46 pm to paperwasp
Yes, I saw this on the MSB.
Thank you for posting it on here and the OT just to make sure we all see it.
Thank you for posting it on here and the OT just to make sure we all see it.
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:48 pm to theGarnetWay
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Thank you for posting it on here and the OT just to make sure we all see it
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:49 pm to paperwasp
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ESPN to lay off roughly 300, plus 200 open positions
And nothing of value was lost.
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:51 pm to paperwasp
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Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:52 pm to paperwasp
Too woke
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:53 pm to paperwasp
Cord cutting
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:53 pm to paperwasp
Well they folded their product for a group of fans that for the most part dont even watch sports. Quit shoving politics down everyones god damn throat and your product would have succeeded. Kinda like it did for the 30 years prior to your new found wokeness.
Posted on 11/5/20 at 2:54 pm to paperwasp
Can they start with Ryan Clark please?
Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:09 pm to topcat88
Can they start with Greg McElroy please? Thank you!
Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:17 pm to topcat88
Haven't watched ESPN for years. They can pound sand.
Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:33 pm to Hback
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Ivan Maisel
Oh man, that sucks. He was one of the few old-school beat writers left over there.
Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:39 pm to paperwasp
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some on-air talent
Well this is questionable. How about they part with political hacks taking over a sports channel and get back to doing sports?
This might help them. But... they don't seem too bright.
Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:41 pm to paperwasp
I don’t give a frick 
Half the people that work there are unqualified ESPN hires to meet quotas. They’ll get better work somewhere else that doesn’t force them to make articles on specific Disney agenda fueled topics. FOX will probably pick up half of them.
Half the people that work there are unqualified ESPN hires to meet quotas. They’ll get better work somewhere else that doesn’t force them to make articles on specific Disney agenda fueled topics. FOX will probably pick up half of them. Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:43 pm to Tridentds
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How about they part with political hacks taking over a sports channel and get back to doing sports?
You mean do nothing but Entertainment and Sports Programming on the Network? That's a crazy notion. Who would watch that?
Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:48 pm to JustGetItRight
You got that right, buddy. Hope liberal espn dies a slow death!
Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:48 pm to JustGetItRight
F'Um
Posted on 11/5/20 at 3:54 pm to theGarnetWay
In other words...expect to be subscribing to yet another service to get what you want?
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