Report: ESPN To Lay Off Hundreds Of Staffers

Layoffs

The NEW YORK POST's ANDREW MARCHAND is reporting that ESPN will be laying off 300 staffers and leaving 200 open positions unfilled.

In a memo to employees obtained by MARCHAND, Pres. JIMMY PITARO wrote that the network, buffeted by pandemic-related economic issues, has "reached an inflection point" and as a result will be "parting ways with some exceptional team members -- some of whom have been here for a long time -- and all of whom have made important contributions to ESPN." MARCHAND adds that his source says the cuts will be spread across the network but will mostly spare on-air personnel.

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