NBCUniversalis experiencing scatteredlayoffsin select divisions as the belt-tightening outlined in 2022 starts to take effect.
Insiders disputed early accounts of the reductions being widespread and amounting to hundreds of positions.
Instead, the tally is more in the dozens and does not involve every division.
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That give-back scenariois on hold for now, sources told Deadline last month.
Were evaluating a lot of things, CEO Jeff Shell said in a CNBC interview last October.
Were looking to reallocate resources.
The overhaul resulted in hundreds of layoffs.
We have to build toward the future and that future is changing fast, he said in 2021.
I think were in a different place than our competitors, he said.
We did a big restructuring back in 2020.
We were the first to do it.
We, unfortunately, lost a bunch of people.
We took all the different parts of our TV business, and we consolidated them together.
If you are in our company, there is no NBC.
There is no USA Its one TV group.
Its one programming group.
Its one publicity group.
