Disney Sacks 50,000 - Is the Comics Dept Affected?

[jackolover]

I saw this statement that Disney payed off 50,000. Has there been any stories if Marvel Comics were involved?

[Revolutionary_Jack]

I saw this statement that Disney payed off 50,000. Has there been any stories if Marvel Comics were involved?

Those are theme park workers. Different vertical than the Marvel division and so on.

[skyvolt2000]

I saw this statement that Disney payed off 50,000. Has there been any stories if Marvel Comics were involved?

Before the Gators start rallying up and blaming the hiring of Ms Marvel actress before she even starts, black people and the ususal nonsense.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/29/media...ffs/index.html

Disney is laying off 28,000 people in the United States as the coronavirus pandemic hammers its parks and resorts business.

The cuts will affect the Disney's Parks, Experiences and Products unit. The company said 67% of the employees laid off will be part-time workers.
Disney's parks and resorts division has more than 100,000 US employees.
Disney's theme parks shut down globally this spring as the pandemic hit, dealing a huge blow to the company's bottom line. The company's profit dropped a whopping 91% during the first three months of 2020.

Now that number is 28K where is this 50 coming from?

Where is this statement at?

[Digifiend]

Some people at the UK TV channels department will have lost jobs too with this week's closure of the Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD channels, but that doesn't explain the missing 22,000.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Some people at the UK TV channels department will have lost jobs too with this week's closure of the Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD channels, but that doesn't explain the missing 22,000.

Wait Disney channels are closing too?

[Iron Maiden]

Wait Disney channels are closing too?

Maybe just suspending operations of the new projects?? Has Wandavision finished filming? They did have a trailer out.

[Raye]

Disney Channel, not Disney+, they're different, though some overlap. I understand all the Disney+ stuff is moving forward, though some shows are being reshuffled due to filming delays caused by the pandemic. (mainly Falcon and Winter Soldier being pushed back a bit, Wandavision was finished filming before the pandemic hit, i guess it had more to do in post, and it is coming out as scheduled) From what I could gather, there are still some Disney Channels in operation in various places but in the UK, they were 'unable to reach an agreement' to continue it. I suspect they likely want to focus on Disney+ right now, so are not being too aggressive in renewing deals for Disney Channel.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Maybe just suspending operations of the new projects?? Has Wandavision finished filming? They did have a trailer out.

WandaVision is on Disney Plus, that's streaming. Different vertical. Disney Channel is a cable channel, as is Disney XD.

[skyvolt2000]

Wait Disney channels are closing too?

That is probably still in production shows. If they are being held up that means you have to hold up promotional and marketing departments as well.

With so much coming to a halt in March that also mean studios were not able to set prices and agreements for ads from various companies. Since that is generally addressed when they announce what is renewed or axed.

As of right now who has anything new to toss out that was not already in the can or stilling in limbo not named Tyler Perry? 5 of his shows have a combined 82 episodes that was filmed between March and September.

[Digifiend]

WandaVision is on Disney Plus, that's streaming. Different vertical. Disney Channel is a cable channel, as is Disney XD.

Cable and satellite, yes. Sky's satellite TV service is much more popular than Virgin Media and BT's cable platforms in the UK.

Disney Channel UK launched in September 1995, Disney XD, as Fox Kids Network, on 19 October 1996, so they've been around for a long time. The reason they and Disney Junior closed is a combination of low ratings (they're not as popular as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network) and the recent launch of Disney+. They're closing in a lot of other countries for similar reasons, they're just dumping linear channels in favour of streaming.

[jackolover]

Before the Gators start rallying up and blaming the hiring of Ms Marvel actress before she even starts, black people and the ususal nonsense.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/29/media...ffs/index.html



Now that number is 28K where is this 50 coming from?

Where is this statement at?

Saw it on a CNN ribbon news statement, but didn’t know the context. That it’s not the comics dept puts my mind at ease. I hope this thing doesn’t drag on.

[LordMikel]

Some people at the UK TV channels department will have lost jobs too with this week's closure of the Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD channels, but that doesn't explain the missing 22,000.

Thanos snap?

[skyvolt2000]

Saw it on a CNN ribbon news statement, but didn’t know the context. That it’s not the comics dept puts my mind at ease. I hope this thing doesn’t drag on.

I doubt the comic side is affected as Disney sort of did their house cleaning awhile back.

In terms of contracts-I would think Hickman, Coates, Aaron and Cates are the highest on that aspect.

Also a lot of those editors at least according to the job postings back in 2016-2018-they are doing the jobs of at least 3-4 folks aside from editing books.

For all intent purposes what would you cut?

A lot of those variants are already paid for and some were recycled stuff from the past.

We have seen some stuff that got axed get mixed into other books.

[jackolover]

Whoops. So comic department people ARE being sacked by Disney. Publisher John Née and media producer Judy Stephens.

[Seren]

Judy Stephens hurts. She did do much for Marvel and the cosplay community. When cons start again, the Women of Marvel panels won't be the same without her