Posted on 10/08/2020 4:50:04 PM PDT by Rummyfan
The economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic that already led Walt Disney to lay off nearly 30,000 employees who worked in the theme park business may soon affect one of the company’s other ventures: ESPN.
The Worldwide Leader could lay off hundreds of employees in the coming weeks, sources told Front Office Sports. On the high end, 700 employees could be gone. On the low end, 300.
While the majority of layoffs are expected to affect employees who work behind the camera, some on-air talents are also expected to be let go, especially if they are working with an expiring contract.
A desire to cut costs, potentially tens of millions of dollars in salary, ahead of upcoming rights negotiations with the NFL, NHL and NBA over the next few years could be a contributing factor as to why ESPN was willing to let Keith Olbermann out of his contract to launch a nightly YouTube show about politics.
How many time does it have to said? Get woke, go broke.
They should take a knee on their way out the door.
It’s never enough.GET WOKE. GO BROKE.
Sorry. Not sorry.
Why not just shut down the entire politicized leftist/communist ESPeeN organization?
Lock’em down jo....
Name names.
0 sympathy from me.
besides all the woke bullshit.... they way overpaid for NBA, baseball and football rights - they are albatrosses
The Feelgood Story of the Day
Disney is a Rat operation.
Dump Disney.
Lemon, lemon, lemon... damn, wrong network.
Learn to code.
So they are going to lay off a bunch of cameramen and writers that get paid 60K a year, and leave all the ‘on air’ talent? makes sense.
“willing to let Keith Olberman out of his contact”
Damn, that’s funny!
Gee, if perhaps Sports hadn’t been infiltrated by left wing politics, people might still be watching in enough numbers? Nah, must be the covid, or the weather, or...
‘The economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic...’
for the hundredth time, what crap; power hungry governors, with Fauci’s blessing from the Pence led coronavirus team shut down the country...
ESPN was cool when they showed 8 ball championships.
Not so much anymore.
Awwwwww let me find the world’s tiniest violin.
I am going to do one of two things:
cry myself to sleep tonight
pour a full measure of JW Weller bourbon over ice and celebrate
I’ve decided. It’ll be a measure and a half.
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