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Coverage dated May 8, 2023 to May 9, 2023

MTV News shut down as Paramount Global cuts 25% of its staff

Headline from Delaware Public Media

Paramount Global, the parent company of networks including Showtime, CBS and Nickelodeon is cutting some 25% of its staff. Among the units being shutdown as a result of the downsizing is MTV News.

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  1. Forbes

    2023 Media Layoffs: MTV News Shutting Down As Paramount Media Networks Cuts 25% Of Staff (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The layoffs allow Paramount Media Networks to contend with "pressure from broad economic headwinds like many of our peers."

  2. Variety

    MTV News Shuts Down, Paramount Lays Off 25% of Networks, Studios Group (opens Variety)

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    Variety's feed description

    Layoffs will be hitting 25% of employees across Paramount Media Networks and studios as MTV News shuts down.

  3. CBS News

    MTV News shutting down as Paramount moves to cut costs (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Media company will lay off 25% of employees in its entertainment TV unit and pull the plug on MTV News.

  4. Deadline

    Paramount Division Run By Chris McCarthy Lays Off 25% Of Domestic Staff; MTV News Among Units Shut Down (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    In the latest wave of industry layoffs, the recently combined Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios as well as Paramount Media Networks, overseen by the division’s President and CEO Chris McCart…

  5. The Hollywood Reporter

    Paramount Cuts 25 Percent of Staff From TV Networks, MTV News Shutting Down (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Chris McCarthy's unit is in the midst of combining teams as part of a reorganization merging Showtime with Paramount+.

  6. New York Post

    Paramount Global slashing 25% of staff, shutting down MTV News: report (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Paramount is combining nine separate teams into one and among the units being shut down is MTV News, Bloomberg News reported.

  7. Delaware Public Media

    MTV News shut down as Paramount Global cuts 25% of its staff (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Paramount Global, the parent company of networks including Showtime, CBS and Nickelodeon is cutting some 25% of its staff. Among the units being shutdown as a result of the downsizing is MTV News.

  8. UPI

    Paramount lays off 25% of TV networks' staff, shuts down MTV News (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Paramount laid off 25% of its domestic TV networks' staff and shut down MTV News on Tuesday as the company finalizes its merger of Paramount+ with Showtime.

  9. WMUR

    MTV News to shut down as Paramount slashes US workforce (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Paramount Media Networks announced Tuesday it will shutter MTV News and slash its U.S. workforce by 25%.

  10. KTVZ Bend

    MTV News to shut down as Paramount Media Networks slashes US workforce (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Liam Reilly, CNN A major Paramount division announced Tuesday it will shutter MTV News and slash its US workforce by 25%, bringing to an end the iconic music video network’s news division that once covered a range of issues from pop culture to politics and became a household name for Generation X…

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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