Disney Lays Off Nearly 200 Employees at ABC News, Disney Entertainment Networks

Disney is laying off nearly 200 employees at ABC News and Disney Entertainment Networks as part of a broader restructuring effort.

ABC News signage is installed in the media file center inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center one day before the presidential debate in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 9, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Walt Disney Co. is cutting nearly 200 jobs across its ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks unit, representing less than 6 percent of the combined workforce, The Epoch Times has learned.

The majority of the layoffs are hitting ABC News, with most affected employees based in New York, a person familiar with the decision who was not authorized to speak publicly told The Epoch Times.