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The outlet said Disney’s Bob Iger set the pace for staff reductions when he returned as the company’s CEO by establishing a goal of at least $7.5 billion in cost reductions at the start of 2023. That year, around 7,000 jobs were eliminated.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmbgz06im000k01v37ni2ymak@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Jonathan Serviss of the KNX’s “LA Local” podcast noted that this most recent round of layoffs is the forth at Disney in recent years. 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Deadline noted that the Disney layoffs came on the heels of\xa0<a href="https://deadline.com/2025/04/nbcuniversal-layoffs-spinco-1236379260/">staff cuts at NBCUniversal</a>\xa0as that company spins off several cable networks into a new company named Versant.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmbgz06im000n01v36izbxcti@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“Linear television broadcasts, such as ABC, owned by Disney, and cable are down, viewership is down dramatically and it’s aged out of the demographic that advertisers – the national advertisers – want to pay for,” he said. “Theatrical box office movie going is a little stronger this year than it’s been recently, but nowhere near what it was again, four or five years ago, pre-COVID, pre the Hollywood strikes.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmbgz06im000o01v346rsudmj@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'As companies like Disney, NBC and Paramount have moved to compete in the streaming sphere with companies like Netflix, more challenges have popped up.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmbgz06im000p01v3poa4j3nz@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“The stock market said: ‘Hey you’re spending all this, you’re coming spending all his money trying to compete with Netflix, building out streaming… we want to see profits. 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