According to various media reports, Warner Bros. Discovery plans to fire roughly 10% of its Motion Picture Group employees, causing a significant upheaval as the business gets ready to divide into two distinct companies.
Marketing and Production Teams Hit by Layoffs
Marketing, distribution, production, and other operational divisions are among the areas that would be affected by the job reduction. The layoffs are a major step in a larger restructuring exercise, even though the exact number of impacted employees is still unknown.
Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Pamela Abdy and Michael De Luca reportedly wrote to employees in a memo indicating business leadership had started examining the group’s activities earlier this year.
Company Split into Two Publicly Traded Entities
The decision to switch from the current U.S. Home Office/International model to a truly global structure was the result of the internal evaluation. According to the document, as the firm moves towards a more global framework, these adjustments are required to revolutionise its business. Warner Bros.
Discovery recently declared that it will divide into two publicly traded companies: Discovery Global, which will compete with cable networks like CNN, TNT, and the streaming service Discovery+, and Warner Bros., which will keep the Warner Bros. name and house the film group and the HBO Max streaming platform.
Box Office Performance & 2025 Film Recovery
Joker: Folie à Deux and Furiosa were among the box office failures that plagued Warner Bros.’ film division in 2024. But 2025 has witnessed a comeback, thanks to recent blockbusters like Superman, Sinners, and A Minecraft Movie.
Tech and Media Layoffs Continue in 2025
With big companies like Google, Microsoft, and others continuing to reduce their workforces, layoffs in the tech sector are not expected to halt in 2025.
Companies are still cutting employees in an effort to simplify operations, save money, and emphasise automation and artificial intelligence, even though these figures are much lower than the major layoffs that occurred between 2022 and 2023.
Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks layoffs in the industry, reports that 93 organisations have laid off nearly 23,500 tech workers so far this year, and the number is still growing.
Industry-Wide Trend: AI Reshaping the Workforce
Google and Microsoft are apparently contemplating a new round of layoffs, according to the most recent job reduction reports. According to reports, AI-led restructuring and performance-based terminations are part of the corporations’ goals to increase the effectiveness of their personnel.
Similarly, Disney laid off about 200 workers, or nearly 6% of the workforce, from its ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks divisions in March 2025.
According to a media report, the Walt Disney Company restructured in October 2024, closing ABC Signature and combining its operations into 20th Television. It also merged the scripted drama and comedy teams from ABC and Hulu Originals.
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