Sirius XM Sheds 'At Least 30' Staffers

Fewer folks in the halls

ALL ACCESS has learned that there has been another round of layoffs at SIRIUS XM, this time affecting NEW YORK-based employees most of whom worked for SIRIUS pre-merger.

Confirmed casualties include: MIKE PETERS, Director of Standards and Broadway; SHIRLEY MALDONADO, Director of Latin and Contemporary Jazz; TONYA BYRD, PD of the now-defunct HOT JAMZ channel, and SIRIUS LOVE; HOWARD MARCUS, PD of the now-defunct BEAT 36 and AREA 38; BRIAN ATWOOD, PD of SIRIUS POPS; WAYNE MAYO, PD of SOUL TOWN and the now-defunct BACKSPIN; MATT ABROMOWITZ, PD of SIRIUS BLUES and PURE JAZZ; and ANDREA KARR, PD of CLASSIC REWIND and HAIR NATION.

Additional staffers have also reportedly been "downsized." These layoffs come on the heels of approximately 80 WASHINGTON, DC-based staffers who also received pink slips recently.

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