Bob Iger’s big changes at Disney could lead to more layoffs

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Less than a day into his second run as Disney's CEO, Bob Iger told employees last November that he was planning to restructure key parts of the company in order to walk back some of the changes implemented by his predecessor, Bob Chapek. Now, the shape of that restructuring is beginning to become more clear ahead of the company's next earnings report, and it sounds like a round of layoffs is on the way.

Deadline reports that Disney is contemplating how it might consolidate a number of its different TV production arms, as well as merge its marketing departments as part of a larger initiative to get on top of the company's accounting concerns. Disney's also reportedly moving forward with its plan to dissolve its Disney Media and...

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