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Paramount Media Networks Announces Layoffs as MTV News Shuts Down

Paramount Media Networks Announces Layoffs as MTV News Shuts Down
(L-R) MTV News correspondents Julianne Ross, Gaby Wilson, and Planned Parenthood representative and director of Operations at One Girl, Elaine Paredes, speak on stage during MTV News Election Night: "The People's Playhouse" at MTV Studios in New York City on Nov. 8, 2016. Brad Barket/Getty Images for MTV News
Elizabeth Dowell
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MTV News will be shutting down as Paramount Media Networks announces layoffs, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks President Chris McCarthy announced on May 9.

The layoffs come after months of internal deliberations about integration amid Showtime’s rebranding into Paramount+ With Showtime and will affect 25 percent of employees across the network media groups, with MTV News getting the boot.
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