By Brent Lang
13.04.2020 - 20:29 / variety.com
By Brian Steinberg
Senior TV Editor
ESPN, struggling to keep fresh programming on its schedule with live sports sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic, is asking some of its best-known personalities to take pay cuts.
“We are asking about 100 of our commentators to join with our executives and take a temporary salary reduction. These are challenging times and we are all in this together,” the Disney-owned sports-media giant said in a statement. Sports Business Journal previously disclosed the
By Brent Lang
As all of Hollywood continues to struggle to survive the closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Endeavor is gearing up for lay offs, furloughs and pay cuts across all divisions and company holdings.
As all of Hollywood continues to struggle to survive the closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Endeavor is gearing up for lay offs, furloughs and pay cuts across all divisions and company holdings. The cuts, which have already begun in some businesses, will affect up to one-third of the company, which staffs 7,500 people worldwide, and will take place through May.
Cost-cutting measures at Hollywood conglomerate Endeavor will affect up to one-third of the company’s workforce by the end of May, Variety has learned.
By Nellie Andreeva
Roc Nation, the multifaceted management-label-publishing company established as a partnership between Jay-Z and Live Nation, was hit with multiple furloughs and pay cuts last month that extend across as much as half the company, multiple sources confirm to Variety.
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By Jill Goldsmith
By Jill Goldsmith
A month after suspending all tours amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Live Nation's CEO will be forgoing his annual base salary and other executives will be taking pay cuts, the events promoter disclosed. Additionally, the company has amended its credit agreement to get access to up to an additional $120 million to $150 million as the concert industry has shuttered across the globe.
By Matt Donnelly
Cast & Crew, the entertainment industry's ubiquitous payroll, accounting and human resources software brand, is following other companies' leads in implementing furloughs and pay cuts amid the coronavirus outbreak. The company, which also offers workflow and productivity software, on Thursday announced that it would furlough "a significant percentage" of its workforce and reduce hours for remaining employees.