AMC Networks to slash 20% of its U.S. workforce as cord-cutting, streaming costs and economic jitters wreck media
A media industry battered by streaming losses, anemic stocks, layoffs and executive turmoil unveiled its latest losses on Tuesday: 20% of AMC Networks’ U.S. staff, or about 200 people, as well as the departure of the CEO Christina Spade. The news follows the equally sudden departure of Bob Chapek last Sunday from Disney after a …