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Warner Bros. Discovery, as its cable TV business continues to shrink and viewership falls, has made targeted job cuts across its networks.
The media conglomerate’s linear TV business includes networks TNT, TBS, CNN, Food Network, Discovery, TLC and Turner Classic Movies. The layoffs affect well under 100 employees, a source familiar with the situation told Variety. The source added that no particular location or network was impacted more than others. The cuts — like those at other pay-TV networks affected by cord-cutting declines — are aimed at WBD’s ongoing goal of operating more efficiently.
For the first quarter of 2025, revenue in the company’s linear TV networks business fell 7% to $4.7 billion. Warner Bros. Discovery said ad revenue fell 12%, while distribution revenue was off by 9%. The company cited declines in audiences at its networks for the downturns. In Q1, the adjusted operating income of the cable TV group fell 15%, to $1.79 billion.
The layoffs in WBD’s cable group come after Disney cuts its headcount by several hundred employees this week, affecting staffers in TV, film and corporate finance.
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