Nexstar, owner of The CW, to slash 2% of workforce in latest media industry cost-cutting move.
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Nexstar, led by CEO Perry Sook, is streamlining its broadcasting and sales divisions to reduce operating expenses and focus on growth areas, impacting less than 260 of its 13,000 employees.
The CW continues to lose money for Nexstar, though losses have narrowed, as the network shifts to more unscripted and sports programming, including a deal with the WWE for NXT.
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Perry Sook, Nexstar, The CW, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Antenna TV, NewsNation, WWE, NXT
Nexstar, owner of The CW, to slash 2% of workforce in latest media industry cost-cutting move.
beat sheet
Nexstar, led by CEO Perry Sook, is streamlining its broadcasting and sales divisions to reduce operating expenses and focus on growth areas, impacting less than 260 of its 13,000 employees.
The CW continues to lose money for Nexstar, though losses have narrowed, as the network shifts to more unscripted and sports programming, including a deal with the WWE for NXT.
call sheet
Perry Sook, Nexstar, The CW, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Antenna TV, NewsNation, WWE, NXT