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\n\tDisney<\/a> is planning to lay off as many as 1,000 employees over the next few months, Deadline has confirmed, the first cuts to come from the entertainment giant since naming its new CEO Josh D\u2019Amaro<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe company\u2019s global head count stood at a bit more than 230,000 as of the end of the most recent fiscal year, with most of that being part-time theme park workers.<\/p>\n \n\tIn January, the company upped veteran exec Asad Ayaz to Chief Marketing and Brand Officer<\/a>, after announcing a plan to consolidate marketing at the film, TV and streaming operations and eliminate duplication. Many of the cuts announced as part of the new round of layoffs<\/a> are related to that move, according to a person familiar with the reduction.<\/p>\n \n\tDisney declined to comment on the report when contacted by Deadline.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile the layoffs are noteworthy, they are a fraction of the size of the cuts overseen by former CEO Bob Iger when he rejoined the company. From 2023 to 2025, multiple rounds eliminated some 8,000 workers, achieving cost savings of $7.5 billion. The figure came in far higher than Disney\u2019s initial forecasts.<\/p>\n \n\tAt Disney, the most recent layoffs \u2014 part of a wave of cost-cutting and streamlining in the media industry \u2014 came this past June, when several hundred employees around the world were cut across divisions of Disney Entertainment, including marketing for both film and television as well as television publicity, casting and development. Also affected were Disney\u2019s corporate financial operations.<\/p>\n \n\tThe June cuts were the fourth \u2014 and largest \u2014 round of layoffs in 10 months that had affected various Disney television operations.<\/p>\n \n\tD\u2019Amaro was officially named chief executive on February 3, and he took over March 18 at Disney\u2019s annual shareholder meeting, ending Iger\u2019s run at the company after 52 years and two stints as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tWatch on Deadline\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n