ABC News to lay off dozens, merge ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘GMA3,’ ax ‘FiveThirtyEight’ data site

NY Post ^ | 3-5-25 | Alexandra Steigrad and Ariel Zilber

[dynachrome]

ABC News staffers are bracing for imminent layoffs while the division will restructure its programming including the merging of its “20/20” and “Nightline” programs and the consolidation of its “Good Morning America” productions, according to reports.

The Walt Disney Co. is set to lay off around 200 people from its ABC News Group division as well as its Disney Entertainment Networks unit — a move that constitutes cutting some 6% of the combined staff of the two units, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Almin Karamehmedovic, president of ABC News, circulated a memo to employees on Wednesday morning confirming the changes.

[allendale]

Producing slick propaganda is very expensive and is a money loser. A boycott of ABC news advertisers would be appropriate and a great benefit to the American people.

[T.B. Yoits]

There is so much competition in the news and during the last election it became apparent that many people get their news from streaming and podcasts.

...and the propaganda media had to face memers who'd continually expose their lies.

[BoringGuy]

Sure does seem to be a convenient coincidence that budgets are tight post DOGE spending freezes. A good way to see where the money is really going is to cut it off and see who hollers.

[bray]

Aren’t they trying to settle the $10 Bil with Trump?

[AT7Saluki]

Trump and Elon are killing jobs! /S

[Political Junkie Too]

ABC News is closing fivethirtyeight, the election forecasting site created by Nate Silver, who sold it to the New York Times, who then sold it to ABC News/Disney?

HA!

-PJ

[pangaea6]

Thought that was CBS and their whacked up 60 minutes interview with Harris. Oh yeah, the Stephie rape thing, yeah they had to pay out millions for that haha, hope that led to some of these employees demise.

[1Old Pro]

The Walt Disney Co. is set to lay off around 200 people

Oh the humanity, is Elon doing this?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

In the days before AC, black churches had fan paddles in the pews. On one side was printed a
picture of Jesus Christ or MLK, on the other side was an advertisement for a funeral home.

[Seruzawa]

I guess they can learn to code.

[woodbutcher1963]

On election night it was Charlie Kirk who was the very first I saw call Trump as the new POTUS.
The group he had put together were much better than any of the MSM highly paid schmuks.