The Weather Channel is cutting about 40 workers as it consolidates operations, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Atlanta-based network is targeting staffers in WSI, business-to-business weather services; Weather Underground, online; consumer products, digital and information technology departments.

The cutbacks are in Atlanta, San Francisco, Madison and Andover (NY).

A spokesperson told AJC the cutbacks are part of an effort to find "the ideal structure to best position for future growth."

The Weather Channel employs 1,300 people. Bain Capital, NBC Universal and Blackstone Group own the network.