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John SkipperESPN is firing another 150 employees as the troubled Walt Disney property works to “do less in certain instances and re-direct resources,” according to a memo president John Skipper sent to staff today.
The bulk of the affected jobs are in studio productions, digital content and technology.
Skipper thanked the pink-slipped workers for their contributions and promised “to assist them as much as possible in this difficult moment with severance, a 2017 bonus, continuation of health benefits and outplacement services.”
He informed remaining staffers the company would allocate investment dollars to “serve the modern sports fan and support the success of our business."
The so-called “worldwide leader in sports” cut 100 writers and on-air talent in June.
Fox News Media issued a pretty sparse release to announce the departure of one of its stars. “Effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with FOX News Media,” it reads.
Brunswick Group partner John Simons has joined CNN as senior director of business & media. He held top jobs at Time and the Wall Street Journal.
WNET, the nation’s largest public media company, names Edward O’Keefe its next president and CEO, effective September 21. O’Keefe succeeds Neal Shapiro, who becomes president emeritus and will retire at the end of the year... The Stealth Bot Prohibition Act, which would empower news publishers and other content providers to defend themselves by mandating transparency for all bots crawling their sites, in introduced in the House by Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) and Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC)... Google gets socked by European Union regulators with a $1 billion fine for using the platform’s dominance as a search engine to illegally undercut competition.
Boston Globe Media acquires InstaTrac, a company that provides subscription-based services aimed at making government information easier to find, track, and understand... AARP names former New Republic CEO and publisher Michael Caruso as its SVP and chief content officer, unifying the organization's portfolio of media, live events and digital platforms... The Fund for American Studies, an educational nonprofit, awards its inaugural Journalism Excellence Fellowships.
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. has replaced CEO and former California Congressman Devin Nunes with Kevin McGurn, a seasoned media sales executive.
