Walt Disney Co. is preparing another round of job cuts at its Burbank headquarters in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the plans. The shakeup is expected to land hardest on corporate and marketing staff as leadership pulls together overlapping teams across film, TV, and streaming into fewer, larger units. If outside reports prove accurate, this will stack on top of a string of reductions that has already thinned Hollywood payrolls in recent years. Disney declined to comment.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, company leaders have been centralizing promotion and marketing operations, a move insiders say is designed to cut duplicate roles across studio and streaming divisions. The Times reports that planning for this latest wave has been underway since a management restructuring earlier this year.
How Big Could The Cuts Get?
According to The Wall Street Journal, the total could climb to as many as 1,000 jobs, with a large share tied to the marketing consolidation. People close to the company say new CEO Josh D’Amaro has been pushing an operating model meant to make Disney’s far-flung divisions behave like one coordinated business, a bit of internal shorthand often summed up as “one Disney.”
Part Of A Bigger Hollywood Shakeup
The move at Disney lands as other major studios rethink their own head counts. Variety reported this week that Sony Pictures is cutting hundreds of roles worldwide as it leans harder into franchises, anime and game adaptations. Executives and industry analysts say the rolling reductions reflect softer box office returns, shrinking linear television audiences and thinner profit margins from streaming.
What Burbank Workers Are Watching Next
Disney has already been through several rounds of cuts in recent years. Reporting last June indicated the company had eliminated thousands of positions since 2023 while pulling back after heavy investments in streaming. As this newest round plays out in the coming weeks, employees on the Burbank lot and nearby vendors that rely on Disney business will be watching closely for company notices, along with any offers of severance or redeployment inside the empire.
