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After weeks of rumors, Universal Music Group has confirmed that it will be laying off an unspecified but significant number of employees in the coming weeks. The company’s recorded-music division is said to be receiving the brunt of the... — read more 

Company of Heroes and Dawn of War devs Relic suffer layoffs one week after reclaiming independence from... — read more 

Chicago Public Media is phasing out the broadcast of its radio station Vocalo and laying off 14 positions. The 14 layoffs, announced Wednesday, include Vocalo staffers, members of the podcast team and non-newsroom Sun-Times... — read more 

Ubisoft has announced another round of layoffs, with 45 staff affected across its global publishing and Asia-Pacific teams. As reported by GameSpot, the games firm said this was part of efforts to "streamline operations" across the... — read more 

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/gearbox-is-laying-off-staff-following-embracer-breakup

Midco Sports has laid off a number of employees, including Fargo-based on-air play-by-play announcers Brian Shawn and Jody... — read more 

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamestop-reportedly-affected-by-series-of-layoffs

After Whispers received a letter from “concerned co-op members” about job cuts in its right-of-way department, Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. of Little Rock confirmed that it had eliminated 16... — read more 

https://www.thewrap.com/caa-layoffs-20-staffers-fired-creative-artists-agency/

Layoffs And Pay Cuts Hit CEOs And Managers In 2023, nearly half of all observed job cuts were manager-level or higher, according to research from Live Data... — read more 

Sports Illustrated’s Entire Staff Told Their Jobs Have Been Eliminated After Authentic Brands Revokes License To Publish; Union Vows To “Fight For Every One Of Our... — read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2024/03/17/textio-layoffs-recruiting-feedback-tech.html

Athletic apparel brand Outdoor Voices is just the latest in a long line of companies to conduct mass layoffs — and “totally mishandle” them, says a leadership... — read more 

“ONE climbed from its third-place ranking in 2023. “What we’re finding is that the employees coming to ONE want to boldly go after that goal with us,” said Mujeeb Ijaz, former CEO at ONE in 2023. “They’re really on a trajectory with us trying to... — read more 

https://www.modernretail.co/operations/win-brands-group-had-its-third-round-of-layoffs-in-the-past-12-months/

Sumitomo Pharma will lay off about 400 employees at its U.S. subsidiary in March, the company announced on Monday, on slow sales and the end of the exclusivity period for its schizophrenia dr-g Latuda. The layoffs -- equivalent to approximately... — read more 

In a surprising move, Edgewater Recovery in Morehead lays off nearly 50 staff, shaking the local community and posing questions about the continuity of recovery services... — read more 

"Irvine, California-based Sega of America is not alone in its plans for upcoming layoffs. More specifically, 61 temp workers (i.e., those working on fixed-term contracts) from QA and localization will be let go. A California WARN (Worker... — read more 

Universal Music Group has today (February 28) confirmed details of a “re-designing” of its organizational structure, which it says will generate EUR €250 million (USD $270 million) in annual cost... — read more 

The new document says the cuts will “allow the Army to narrow the gap between force structure, which was designed to accommodate 494,000 soldiers, and current active-duty end strength, which is set by law at 445,000.” The goal now, according to the... — read more 

West Des Moines firm announces third round of layoffs in less than a year West Des Moines-based Innovation Refunds has announced another round of layoffs, this time paring its workforce by 44... — read more 

Cloud Imperium Games is the latest victim.

Chewy.com's recent announcement of layoffs sheds light on the company's efforts to enhance operational efficiency amid market competition. Discover the impacts on employees and the strategic rationale behind the decision... — read more 

Companies cite market conditions, loss of customers as reasons for job cuts. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/573-layoffs-hit-logistics-firms-in-california-illinois-and-michigan

Washington's NPR affiliate, WAMU, plans to shut down local news site DCist and lay off 15 staffers as part of a strategic shift focused on audio. Fifteen positions will be eliminated as part of the changes, but new positions — mostly audio... — read more 

Accents business plans layoffs of 80 office, distribution center employees Metro Décor LLC, an e-commerce business that designs and produces accent furniture, storage and organization products and home textiles, is laying off 80 employees in its... — read more 

Business closing Evansville location, 45 layoffs announced The state has been notified of a business closure in Evansville. A WARN notice shows Refresco Beverages will close, which means 45 layoffs. The documents show the first 36 layoffs... — read more 

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/mozilla-announces-layoffs-firefox-ai-plans

https://investorplace.com/2024/02/getaround-layoffs-2024-what-to-know-about-the-latest-getr-job-cuts/

An Elkhart R-V manufacturer is preparing for dozens of layoffs. Forest River filed a WARN notice with the state this week saying it plans to lay off 83 workers at its plant on County Road 1 in... — read more 

Layoffs continue to mount in the tech sector as the first week of February comes to a close. As of yesterday, some well-known companies are among those to announce significant job cuts. Those layoffs have now accounted for 33,874 job losses in the... — read more 

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/visual-concepts-austin-reportedly-hit-with-layoffs

Piedmont Lithium Lays off 27% of Its Workforce U.S. miner Piedmont Lithium said on Tuesday it recently completed a 27% reduction in its workforce to reduce... — read more 

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/money/business/2024/02/05/billgo-announces-80-layoffs-at-fort-collins-office/72484159007/

Layoffs in the gaming industry are not slowing down. Crop Circle Games is the latest one to get rid of dozens of developers. This would make sense if the gaming industry wasn't booming and making more money than ever before. Sadly, this is all about... — read more 

The online cycling platform Zwift reportedly laid off employees on Monday in its second round of cuts in the last 12 months. The extent of the layoffs is unknown, but it follows a 15% global staff reduction in March of 2023 that left the company with... — read more