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deadline.com2026-09-29

Disney Hit By Layoffs In Multiple Areas, Hundreds Impacted - Deadline

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Deadline reported that Disney is conducting layoffs that affect a couple of hundred employees, with the cuts falling largely in areas such as technology and human resources. The layoffs are smaller than the two previous rounds of staff reductions the company carried out earlier this year, according to the report. Sources cited by Deadline said Disney Entertainment Television is not affected by the current cuts.

The report's headline describes layoffs 'in multiple areas' and says 'Hundreds Impacted', while the article states that the number affected is a couple of hundred employees. Deadline describes the current round as smaller than the two previous rounds of layoffs at Disney this year, which involved a larger number of employees. The report attributes its information to sources. The areas the report names are technology and human resources.

According to the sources cited by Deadline, Disney Entertainment Television, the company's television division, is not affected by the current round of cuts. The report places the layoffs in the context of the two earlier rounds at Disney this year. The article describes the reductions as falling 'largely' in technology and human resources, without naming specific teams or roles beyond those areas.

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