News reports are being written about layoffs announced today at Disney Entertainment Television, and mikemcguff.com has learned that they also affect Houston-owned station ABC13 KTRK.
UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
More layoffs at KTRK 13 and ABC stations
ALSO THIS WEEK
- Melanie Lawson is out with foot issues
- Mo Haider joins abc13 Houston
Multiple sources tell me that ABC13 KTRK announced some job cuts. One manager-level staffer was affected. The rest of the cuts come from open job positions that will not be filled now.
Deadline reports around 140 people were affected throughout the company, representing about 2% of employees. National Geographic had the most cuts, followed by the ABC Owned Television Stations, Freeform, and other parts of the linear entertainment networks.
I just tweeted an article this week that relates to this. Hank Price wrote in TVNewsCheck:
"Ask any television general manager about their expectations for 2025 and you will likely hear some level of dread. Why? You know the list: everything from the state of network programming to the continued explosion of cord cutting.
But more than anything else, stations are concerned about their ability to generate adequate revenue during a non-political year.
As stations begin to prepare their 2025 budgets, expect corporate guidance from virtually every owner to include severe restraint in expenses, with backup plans for cuts if expected revenue does not materialize."
