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Apple TV+ Lays Off Eight Staffers In Kids Area
EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+’s Kids operations underwent layoffs today. The cuts impacted eight people across music, production, development, a fraction of the overall staff involved in kids content,…
The cuts impacted eight people across music, production, development, a fraction of the overall staff involved in kids content, Deadline has learned. The layoffs come amid a shift at Apple TV+, which sunsetted its deal with Skydance Animation and is ramping up its own animated film pipeline, starting with the recently announced first original Peanuts feature film under the streamer’s long-term deal with WildBrain. Last year, Apple TV+ won an Oscar for the animated short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse and landed a record 27 Children’s & Family Emmy Award nominations, with Tara Sorensen, Apple TV+ head of children’s programming, named Silver Circle inductee.
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