Backstage Updates On WWE Departures, WWE Studios Hit Hard, RAW Star Reacts To Office Cut
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WWE also cut a number of international office employees and WWE Studios employees today, according to PWInsider and Deadline.
It was noted that the film, TV and social media divisions in Stamford, CT and Los Angeles, CA were impacted with WWE Studios seeing layoffs in features, TV and digital/social media, which was related to the WWE Advanced Media Group cuts. Deadline backed up the previous reports on various departments being consolidated into a single division, with a smaller staff running those operations, reportedly led by longtime WWE employee Kevin Dunn, who is the Executive Producer & Chief of Global Television Distribution.
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UPDATE x 3: The WWE office cuts are continuing, as several more top staff members have been released. According to Pwinsider, the latest cuts came in the international division. On Tuesday, several “major international office staffers” were fired. One of them includes Jay Rosenstock, WWE’s EVP of International. WWE President Nick Khan will now oversee the international offices.
Also, Adam Kirshner, WWE’s manager for Media & Metadata Operations for the last several years has been fired. Kirshner served as a producer on the digital team and worked hard on WWE’s YouTube channel. Kirshner also oversaw the back end of WWE’s digital video manager system and was heavily involved in the relaunched WWE Network prior to it being moved to the Peacock streaming service.