Disney Cuts Hundreds Across Pixar, ESPN, National Geographic and ABC News
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What we know
Location: Emeryville, California (Pixar); overall Disney divisions across U.S..
Department affected: production, operations, editorial (including documentary development, casting, news and sports production).
Based on news reporting.
Summary
The Walt Disney Company carried out a third major round of workforce reductions in 2026, notifying employees on July 21 of cuts across Pixar Animation Studios, National Geographic, ESPN, and ABC News. Around 100 employees — described as high single-digit percentage losses of Pixar’s roughly 1,100-person workforce — were let go at Emeryville-based Pixar across production and operations teams. National Geographic lost veteran executives and other roles in production/editorial; ABC News eliminated about a dozen positions; and ESPN cut multiple production staff and several on-air personalities amid integration of NFL Network assets. The reductions are part of Disney’s push to streamline operations toward a leaner, technology-focused model and affected production, operations and editorial departments across its entertainment and news divisions.
The Walt Disney Company cut 100 jobs affecting its production, operations, editorial (including documentary development, casting, news and sports production) team as of July 21, 2026.
That is roughly 0.1% of the 173,250 people The Walt Disney Company employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 31 layoff events at The Walt Disney Company since September 2020, including 125 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 29 additional events known from news reporting.
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