Archive · 30 Jul 2025
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Announces 10% Workforce Cuts
Warner Bros.
is changing how it works and is letting some people go.
About 10% of the workers in departments like marketing and production will lose their jobs.
The company is moving from separate teams for the US and other countries to one big global team.
This change is happening to be more successful in the movie business.
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group is cutting 10% of its workforce.
Layoffs affect marketing, distribution, production, and other departments.
These cuts are part of a shift toward a global structure.
Leadership assessed the structure earlier this year.
Warner Bros. Discovery separation was made public in June.
- Who
- Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.
- What
- Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group is reducing its workforce.
- When
- The layoffs were planned since early 2024.
- Where
- Across the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.
- Why
- To shift from a U.S./international model to a global structure.
- Affected Departments
- Marketing, distribution, production, strategy, operations, and theater ventures
- Percentage of Cuts
- 10%
- Co-Chairs of Motion Picture Group
- Pamela Abdy and Michael De Luca
- WBD CEO
- David Zaslav