HBO Max has laid off 14% of its workforce, or 70 people, primarily in the casting, acquisitions, and reality TV areas.
Manjiri JS Arve, Editor
Following Discovery’s April acquisition of WarnerMedia, the changes are a part of a bigger Warner Bros. Discovery cost-cutting initiative. In the coming year, HBO Max and Discovery+ will merge to become one streaming platform. According to people familiar with the situation, Warner Bros. Discovery is cutting 70 jobs at HBO Max, mostly from the division’s reality, casting, and acquisitions divisions. As HBO Max and Discovery+ merge to form one streaming service, Warner Bros. Discovery is making a stronger effort to avoid overlap by cutting jobs, which represents 14% of the personnel at the streamer. In April, Discovery completed the $43…