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EXCLUSIVE: Noah Media, producer of Netflix’s 14 Peaks and Sky’s Villeneuve Pironi, has restructured to focus on international docs and laid off a small number of staff. The London outfit has in the past few months transitioned from a “UK sports-based production company into an international…

EXCLUSIVE: We understand that Marvel underwent a handful of layoffs Monday, with 15 employees impacted across Marvel Entertainment in New York and Marvel Studios in Burbank. Those let go include junior employees in production and development at Marvel Studios. These cuts are due to Marvel reassessing…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has laid off a number of staff in its global TV division and is centralizing the team to the U.S. and UK. We understand that staffers based in Mexico, Germany, Africa and the UK have been made redundant. Less than 10 people have been affected and they comprise a number of those who Dead…

EXCLUSIVE: A major restructure is underway at Netflix as Deadline is hearing 15 people will be laid off as the company begins a reorganization of its film department. No names were given as to who would be let go, and sources say Netflix could potentially restock with new names, but insiders say new film…

CBS News is shuttering its Tokyo bureau, impacting three employees, following earlier cost-cutting in the division. Foreign correspondent Liz Palmer, who has been based in Tokyo, will move elsewhere. The network will continue to have a presence in Asia, the network said Wednesday. A network…

EXCLUSIVE: More details are emerging about the restructuring in the film division of Fifth Season earlier this week. Along with the change at the top of the unit, with Alexis Garcia stepping down to launch a new venture Fifth Season’s backing and Christopher Slager being promoted to replace him as Head of…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATED: There have been more layoffs at CAA today. According to sources, less than 20 people were impacted and all have already been notified. They are said to be across a handful of departments in content areas that have been the hardest hit by the ongoing Hollywood contraction. A rep for CAA…

Editor's note: This is the latest installment in the Deadline series Hollywood Contraction, which examines the toll the job losses caused by the ongoing industrywide cost-cutting has had on different sections of the entertainment community. LinkedIn is usually used by professionals for networking…

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is today beginning job consultations with staff in Europe, we hear. It’s understood a figure of less than 5% of staff face layoffs through the cuts, which were triggered earlier this year when VP of Prime Video in EMEA Barry Furlong unveiled a restructure that impacts Europe…

UPDATE: As expected, layoffs commenced today at Universal Music Group, which includes Interscope, Republic, Capitol, Def Jam and Island, as well as catalog division Universal Music Enterprises and UMG corporate.  The layoffs started after Wednesday’s fourth quarter earnings call, where CEO Lucian…

Electronic Arts, which makes such games as Madden NFL and Apex Legends, said today that it plans to lay off five percent of its employees and will discontinue work on several games. The announcement continues the ongoing downsizing in the gaming and tech space, a development that has seen thousands…

Paramount Global expects to take a $1 billion charge in the current quarter due to ongoing programming shifts and the layoffs it announced earlier this month. CFO Naveen Chopra delivered that outlook during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts. The company is “making a…