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- Disney laid off several hundred employees Tuesday, including at least 116 at Pixar’s Emeryville headquarters.
- The cuts also hit Disney Entertainment Television, Disney Studios and ESPN, which dropped Karl Ravech and Ryan Clark.
- ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said the layoffs followed an evaluation after Disney integrated its NFL assets.
- Sources said the layoffs were partly due to Pixar’s film “Hopper,” which barely broke even, marking Disney’s third 2026 layoff wave.
