FILE-General views of the The Walt Disney Company corporate headquarters, home of Walt Disney Studios on June 24, 2022 in Burbank, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images/GC Images)
Disney is planning to cut as many as 1,000 positions within the entertainment company in the coming weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an individual familiar with the matter.
Most of these layoffs are in the organization’s marketing department and were planned before Disney’s new chief executive officer, Josh D’Amaro, took over for his predecessor, Bob Iger.
But D’Amaro hasn’t revealed specific plans for reshaping Disney since taking over in March.
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At the end of the 2025 fiscal year, Disney employed 231,000. But most layoffs happened in the company’s entertainment, ESPN and corporate operations, while theme parks and the cruise line have experienced growth, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Separately, Asad Ayaz, Disney's new chief marketing officer, will combine the organization’s marketing division and lower expenses under a code-named Project Imagine.
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The Wall Street Journal also reported that Disney plans to combine the staff of its Disney+ and Hulu streaming services as part of its efforts to merge both brands into one app.
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Disney has laid off over 8,000 people since Bob Iger returned as CEO in 2022 and began massive corporate restructuring.
In 2025, Disney cut hundreds of employees across several TV and film teams as the company focuses on expanding its streaming services. Workers in marketing for film and television, and TV publicity, casting and development, and corporate financial operations were impacted by the layoffs, FOX Business reported.
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