South by Southwest, the sprawling Austin, Texas, conference and festival, was one of the first major gatherings canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. But its organizers, eager to lend a hand to the movies that had been set to premiere at SXSW, on Tuesday (March 24) went ahead with the festival’s film awards.
SXSW forced to lay off employees after coronavirus forces festival cancellation
10.03.2020 - 13:43 / nme.com
The event was cancelled last Friday
SXSW has reportedly been forced to lay off a considerable number of employees after the global outbreak of coronavirus forced the cancellation of this year’s festival.
It comes after the event was axed last Friday (March 6) only a week before the Austin, Texas festival was due to begin, with attendees set to come from all over the world.
As the Austin Statesman reports, SXSW’s parent company SXSW LLC has laid off a third of its 175 full-time employees.
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