{"id":342188,"date":"2025-10-30T03:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/342188\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T03:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:04:11","slug":"paramount-tv-layoffs-hit-cbs-entertainment-paramount-mtv-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/342188\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount TV Layoffs Hit CBS Entertainment, Paramount+, MTV, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tParamount<\/a> has initiated its first major round of layoffs following the company\u2019s merger with Skydance, and the David Ellison<\/a> regime has cut a number of executives across its television divisions. Paramount\u2019s linear broadcast and cable networks were hit hard, with marketing, communications\/PR, business affairs and programming departments all seeing major cuts in personnel.<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety has confirmed that the cuts have impacted Teri Fleming, executive vice president and head of marketing for Paramount Global Content Distribution. Multiple executives in the current department at CBS Entertainment have also been laid off. Those include Pamela Soper and Amanda Palley, both of whom were senior vice presidents of current programming. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn communications\/PR, CBS\u2019 New York team was hit hard; among those exiting are VP of entertainment communications. Elsewhere, CBS Media Ventures senior vice president of communications Leslie Ryan has been let go, as has Jennifer Weingroff, the senior VP of communications at Paramount Global Content Distribution.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn streaming, Paramount+ executive vice president of programing Jeff Grossman was laid off, as was Patricia Kollappallil, senior vice president of corporate communications at the streamer. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe cable networks within Paramount have also been hit hard. MTV, which was already a shell of the powerhouse it once was, has seen a range of layoffs within its comms and talent teams. Wendy Plaut, the senior vice president and head of music & celebrity talent at MTV, is now gone. Likewise, Amanda Culkowski, vice presidnet of music program development and documentaries for MTV\/Paramount+, is out. <\/p>\n

\n\tAmanda Culkowski, VP, Music Program Development and Documentaries at MTV\/Paramount+, is also impacted, as is Margaret Comeaux at CMT. Comeaux most recently served as senior vice president of music events and production at the country music network. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe cuts at networks like MTV and CMT come as Paramount continues to sunset a once vibrant talent division, back when those networks were much more focused on original music series production.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Variety previously reported<\/a>, CBS News saw around 100 layoffs layoffs, which included the shuttering of the CBS News bureau in Johannesburg, South Africa. The division is also scaling back some of its units while also canceling some of its programs, including streaming companion shows to \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d and \u201cCBS Mornings.\u201d CBS News\u2019 Saturday morning program has also largely been gutted. <\/p>\n

\n\tAround 1,000 employees were affected by this round of layoffs, with another round of approximately 1,000 expected in the coming weeks. That second batch is believed to be more focused on international operations, as Wednesday\u2019s layoffs cut many of Paramount Skydance\u2019s domestic operations to the bone.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a bloodbath,\u201d one Paramount Skydance exec told Variety on Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to be left to do the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Wednesday wore on, much was still uncertain in terms of how remaining staff might be reallocated around the company. New organizational structures are expected to be drawn up in the coming weeks inside both Paramount Skydance\u2019s linear and streaming TV operations.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount Skydance chairman and CEO Ellison sent a memo to staff<\/a> on Wednesday regarding the layoffs, which read in part:<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn some areas, we are addressing redundancies that have emerged across the organization. In others, we are phasing out roles that are no longer aligned with our evolving priorities and the new structure designed to strengthen our focus on growth. Ultimately, these steps are necessary to position Paramount for long-term success.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount has initiated its first major round of layoffs following the company\u2019s merger with Skydance, and the David…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":336954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[32129,171,15329,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-342188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-david-ellison","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-paramount","11":"tag-tv","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115460903050387816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}