{"id":46179,"date":"2022-08-15T18:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hbo-hbo-max-layoffs-hit-amy-gravitt-sarah-aubrey-get-new-duties-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T18:01:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:01:49","slug":"hbo-hbo-max-layoffs-hit-amy-gravitt-sarah-aubrey-get-new-duties-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hbo-hbo-max-layoffs-hit-amy-gravitt-sarah-aubrey-get-new-duties-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO\/HBO Max Layoffs Hit; Amy Gravitt & Sarah Aubrey Get New Duties \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
The dreaded post-merger Warner Bros Discovery layoffs have reached the programming operation overseen by HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys.<\/p>\n
Overall, 14% of staff \u2014 about 70 people \u2014 are being laid off Monday, the vast majority of them on the Max side. That includes in Max Non-Fiction Originals, International, Acquisitions, Casting and previously reported Live-Action Family Originals, which are all being either scaled back significantly or essentially eliminated, leading to the departure of the bulk of the staffs, led by Jennifer O’Connell EVP, Non-Fiction & Live-Action Family Originals for HBO Max; Jennifer Kim, SVP, International Originals for HBO Max; Michael Quigley, EVP of Content Acquisitions at HBO Max; and Linda Lowy, EVP Casting for WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, TNT, TBS and truTV.<\/p>\n
I hear the layoffs are being done via video conferences this morning. The cuts are part of WBD leadership’s pledge to find at least $3 billion in savings.<\/p>\n