Layoffs Hit HBO Max: Casey Bloys Reshapes Leadership Structure
An estimated 70 staffers have been let go as Sarah Aubrey adds international but loses comedy oversight.
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HBO Max layoffs hit, 14% of staff being cut
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Seems the rumor.got 70 persons and 70 percent confused.
Sucks for the 17 percent let go, but good for the rumored 53 percent who weren't. At least not yet.
Come back in a year and see how many more people have been let go.
Sounds like someone's source was eaves dropping on their bosses' conversation and totally misheard what came after "70" lol.
Hmmm. Well I mean, considering everyone is trying to keep their library on their service (except for Universal because they're doing whatever), and Sony locked into Netflix/Disney for awhile, there's really not anyone left to try and get content acquisitions from. So I get it why that team is being cut down. If A24 does proceed with a partnership with HBO Max after Showtime's deal is done, that might not require everyone.
Hopefully everyone lands on their feet. I am still worried about wave 2 though.
Hopefully everyone lands on their feet. I am still worried about wave 2 though.
Especially if they really are just moving all the in house scripted stuff under HBO
Might be mistaken but I think his salary was "only" about $46M and the other $200M was stock valuation.
But like, still - what salaries did these folks get, maybe $50-$200k? Cut his $46M to $26M and you could float those folks on $20M for years.
I'm sorry, I will go work some unpaid overtime to repent for my sins.
Allison Abbate Departing As Warner Animation Group EVP
Warner Animation Group EVP Allison Abbate Exiting
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Well they just got a John Wick tv show, so they're not feeling too bad.
Disney Plus has Bluey automatically makes it at least 3rd worst
The weird part is that the original rumor made it sound like that was what WASN'T getting cut
All the reporting around this has been terrible. They explained their move during the investor meeting. They think Warner has the scripted expertise (which they do) while Discovery has the non-scripted expertise (again, yes). Doesn't make sense to have a B-team on the Warner side.
Even the whole male-skewing / female skewing thing was overblown. Worst part is that it was overblown by people in the media that know those slides were perfectly normal for a media network explaining who their audience is.
Yup, while it was true that there were significant changes, many of which will indeed suck, the reality is very different from what those initial rumors were.
The initial rumors and how so many people ran with them is hilarious.
People really thought WBD was gonna ax HBO Max almost entirely.
People really thought WBD was gonna ax HBO Max almost entirely.
Some of the trades certainly weren't helping to curb the hysteria either.
This is awesome, it's not as bad as reported and it can't possibly continue in the coming months. Time to celebrate.
Deadline has a copy of the email Casey Bloys sent out confirming the layoffs and the revised leadership team including Max scripted originals. He calls out Peacemaker, Dune the Sisterhood, The Penguin, and Green Lantern as upcoming tentpole projects and Hacks, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Rap Sh!t, and Julia as comedies. Velma, which was rumored to be cancelled, is also mentioned.
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Casey Bloys Addresses HBO/Max Reorg, “Extremely Painful” Layoff Decisions In Memo
At the end of a day that saw about 70 (14%) staffers in his divisions getting laid off, Casey Bloys, Chief Content Officer for HBO & HBO Max, just sent an email to his team about the cuts as well as his new (old) senior HBO/Max scripted executive team of Amy Gravitt, Francesca Orsi and […]
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