I! It has laid off a “small number” of employees on the digital side, according to a person with knowledge.
The move is due to a major restructuring effort by the cable channel to create a centralized Terrace studio that would share production efforts across the E! news brand and NBCU’s syndicated “Access” program.
Earlier in August, NBCUniversal told E! More than three dozen employees who worked on U.S. entertainment shows “Daily Pop” and “Nightly Pop” were canceled last month.
“One of our top priorities is to strengthen the role of e in entertainment news in the future, and on that note, we’re restructuring the leadership team to better help us achieve that goal,” wrote Tracy Wilson, NBCU’s executive vice president. are doing.” Syndication Studios and E! News, in a memo to employees at the time.
She continued, “We will be announcing more details in the coming weeks, but our vision for the linear show is to return to the roots of the E! News brand as the gold standard of entertainment news coverage… I will continue to work with the Daily Pop and I want to say a huge thank you to the Knightly Pop teams for their creativity and commitment, which includes working countless hours to keep these shows up and running through the pandemic.
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