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ESPN laying off 300 employees in huge pandemic-related cuts
New York Post ^ | 11/5/2020 | Andrew Marchand

Posted on 11/05/2020 3:45:24 PM PST by marcusmaximus

ESPN informed employees early Thursday that it would lay off 300 people across its business, while also not filling 200 currently open positions as the pandemic continues to harshly impact ESPN and its parent company, Disney.

The message was sent from ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro in a company-wide memo that was obtained by The Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: espn; layoffs; media; msm; sports
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To: marcusmaximus

Haaaaaaahaha. My leaves need raked.


21 posted on 11/05/2020 3:58:54 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: marcusmaximus

Gee that’s too bad.

/s


22 posted on 11/05/2020 3:59:14 PM PST by AC86UT89
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

There will be no president biden. Ha.


23 posted on 11/05/2020 4:00:17 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: marcusmaximus

No buying Mickey Mouse Network. BLM BS No.1 reason, Pandemic No.2


24 posted on 11/05/2020 4:02:46 PM PST by DAC21
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To: Alberta's Child
This has nothing to do with the pandemic. People are just tuning out of ESPN and cutting their cable service in droves.

I rather figured it had more to do with their politics than anything else. Get woke, go broke. Cant say as I feel sorry for them. 👎

25 posted on 11/05/2020 4:04:58 PM PST by Mark17 (USAF Retired. Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot.)
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To: All

ESPN has been losing money for years If I recall correctly. Im sure the pandemic didn’t help though.


26 posted on 11/05/2020 4:08:14 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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To: marcusmaximus

Great News! Couldn’t care less.


27 posted on 11/05/2020 4:08:31 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: marcusmaximus

Do they still talk sports?


28 posted on 11/05/2020 4:09:08 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: marcusmaximus

Black Lives Matter


29 posted on 11/05/2020 4:12:56 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: marcusmaximus

THANKS, Lebron!

Keep following the wisdom of this Commie, right off the Ledge


30 posted on 11/05/2020 4:13:13 PM PST by 53veerpass
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To: dougherty

Couldn’t happen to a better bunch of liberals. CNN and MSNBC can only handle so many of them, and they mostly hire ex Dem staffers.


31 posted on 11/05/2020 4:14:25 PM PST by allwrong57
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To: marcusmaximus

The pandemic - LOL!


32 posted on 11/05/2020 4:14:55 PM PST by KevinB (Quite literally, whatever the Left touches it ruins.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

The baseball teams are cutting loose plenty of the big salary names, no fans, no games, no budget. Salaries will drop like a rock.


33 posted on 11/05/2020 4:15:25 PM PST by allwrong57
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To: allwrong57

Excellent news!


34 posted on 11/05/2020 4:17:57 PM PST by JCL3 (As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Well the pandemic was politics related, so in a backwards sense they are telling the truth :^)


35 posted on 11/05/2020 4:19:46 PM PST by desertfreedom765
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No problem...they can be demonrat ballot counters....


36 posted on 11/05/2020 5:01:33 PM PST by TnTnTn
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To: marcusmaximus

Good riddance.


37 posted on 11/05/2020 5:06:24 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: marcusmaximus

For all you Common Core grads out there, that’s 500 total (300 + 200) Progressive lackeys jockeying for position in the unemployment lines.


38 posted on 11/05/2020 5:06:26 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Though there are still die-hard ESPN lovers (like democrats)....

This is one channel/business (?) that I would love to see totally destroyed to the point of bankruptcy.

I mean, UTTERLY destroyed.


39 posted on 11/05/2020 5:10:58 PM PST by Notthereyet (NotThereYet.)
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To: Notthereyet

I’m with you there.


40 posted on 11/05/2020 5:13:05 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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