WASHINGTON, Nov 30 CNN announces layoffs in the company, according to a letter received by its employees on Wednesday.
«Today, as part of the changes in our news strategy, we will notify (lay off) a limited number of people, mainly our paid commentators, tomorrow the rest of our employees,» — according to the message of the head of CNN Chris Licht, which was published on his Twitter account by the correspondent of the TV channel Oliver Darcy. The management promises to announce the details of its decision on Thursday.
According to the head of the TV company, parting with each of the team members is hard and «it will be a hard time for everyone.» The letter does not specify the number of people who will fall under the cuts, nor the reasons that led to this, but stipulates that the necessary support will be provided to everyone and payments will be provided, including bonuses for 2022.
Earlier, a wave of cuts started in major US IT companies, including announcements by Meta*, HP, Shopify, Netflix, and Amazon. Experts attribute the mass layoffs to companies reassessing their development prospects amid the coronavirus pandemic and the unexpected return of the consumer market to a pre-Covid model as the pandemic subsides.