Media layoffs across the entertainment industry are hitting hard after last year’s avalanche of job cuts.
The unfortunate trend can still be felt following the COVID-19 pandemic, dual Hollywood strikes and — the latest event to hit Los Angeles hard: a series of wildfires that broke out in January 2025. As the entertainment industry still recovers from several compounding factors — the latest of which is the potential merger of Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix, Deadline aims to keep track of changes.
They are listed chronologically from newest to oldest below.
Lionsgate
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As a part of restructuring and reorganizing, Lionsgate let fewer than 10 employees go in early March.
Universal Music Group’s Mercury Studios
Deadline first reported that Universal Music Group’s (UMG) TV and movie studio underwent layoffs in early March 2026. MD Kelly
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