CNN was not the only news network to reduce headcount this week.
Puck reports NBC News also laid off more than 40 of its employees, mostly in production—the latest news organization to shed costs as companies resize their ambitions and audiences tune out for the Trump era.
Most of the cost savings are pretty minor, with networks like NBC preferring the long slow bleed of incremental layoffs rather than the one-fell-swoop mass firings that redefined the tech industry during the ’22 correction.
Apart from the layoffs, about 12 new positions will be created, mostly in digital news. NBC News is encouraging those laid off to apply. The network is also hiring for over 50 other positions.
TV news is in flux. Linear TV news viewership has declined as people get more of their news on social media and streaming video. CNN just laid off 200, or about 6% of its workforce, as it shifts resources from linear TV to digital. The Washington Post, HuffPost, and Vox Media also conducted layoffs in 2025.
NBC News is set to face a big change when Comcast's NBCUniversal spins off several of its slower-growing cable brethren, including CNBC, into a new company later this year. The plan has left some at NBC News wondering how the spin will affect newsgathering efforts since it relies on CNBC's reporting. Comcast is positioning the move as a way to grow by acquiring other channels.
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