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Disney plans hundreds of job cuts in restructuring under new CEO Josh D’Amaro: report

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Steigrad, A. (2026, October 1). Disney plans hundreds of job cuts in restructuring under new CEO Josh D’Amaro: report. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/media/disney-plans-hundreds-of-job-cuts-in-restructuring-under-new-ceo-josh-damaro-report/

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Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro is planning significant job cuts and restructuring of the company's television operations, which could affect hundreds of employees. The reorganization aims to centralize TV divisions and align them with streaming customer needs rather than traditional brand silos. This comes after earlier layoffs in marketing, Pixar, ABC News, and ESPN, with recent cuts mostly impacting human resources and IT departments. Disney Entertainment Chairman Debra OConnell is leading the strategy that may also impact executives overseeing various units under her control.

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Disney plans to restructure its extensive television operations, likely resulting in hundreds of job cuts. The restructuring comes under new CEO Josh D’Amaro, who took over in March 2023 after managing the company’s parks division. Top executives at Disney are currently finalizing the details, which may not be completed by year-end. So far, layoffs have already affected marketing, Pixar, ABC News, and ESPN; on Tuesday alone, more than 300 jobs were cut in human resources and information technology departments. The aim is to reorganize business units around streaming customers rather than traditional TV brands.

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Disney is planning to restructure its sprawling television operation, which is expected to result in hundreds of layoffs, according to a report. uncertain

which → plan → report

Top executives at the House of Mouse are ironing out the plans, which will include consolidating the TV divisions and slashing jobs, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, noting that the changes might not be finalized before the end of the year. uncertain

changes → iron → year

The plans mark the latest chapter in a series of reorganizations under CEO Josh D’Amaro, who nabbed the top job in March after overseeing the company’s parks division. asserted

who → mark → division

So far, layoffs have already hit marketing, Pixar, ABC News and ESPN, according to the Journal. uncertain

layoffs → hit → Journal

Disney slashed more than 300 jobs on Tuesday, with those cuts mostly affecting the human resources and information technology departments. asserted

cuts → slash → departments

A main goal for the reorganization of the TV unit is to restructure its business in a way that makes sense for streaming customers, rather than around brands created for TV, according to the Journal/ Disney President and Chief Creative Officer Dana Walden said on Thursday that the company is taking a number of divisions that have been run separately and “centralizing as a television business, not a bunch of silos.” Speaking at a Bloomberg conference in Los Angeles, she said, “There is a need to constantly evaluate how you’re structured” and “how big is the organization.” uncertain

organization → restructure → Angeles

Walden’s lieutenant, Disney Entertainment Chairman Debra OConnell, is sprearheading that strategy. asserted

lieutenant → sprearheade → strategy

OConnell oversees a slew of properties including ABC Entertainment, 20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox), Hulu Originals, Disney Kids & Family, National Geographic Content and Freeform. asserted

OConnell → oversee → Entertainment

The reorganization is expected to impact some of the execs running those units, sources told the Journal. asserted

sources → expect → Journal

ABC News, which is also run under OConnell, is expected to get hit by layoffs, too, the newspaper reported. asserted

newspaper → run → layoffs

As previously reported by The Post, ABC News’ “Good Morning America” — which lost its No.1 ranking in the ratings to NBC’s “Today” after 14 years — is expected to get a shakeup. asserted

which → report → shakeup

Neither Disney nor ABC News responded to requests for comment. asserted

Disney → respond → comment

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