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Disney cuts 250 consumer products jobs in game-strategy shift

About half of the Disney positions being eliminated are in Bellevue, Washington, where employees created social games for distribution on Facebook.com

Earlier this year, the company eliminated about 300 jobs when it shut down its Avalanche Software unit in Salt Lake City. Photo: ReutersPremium
Earlier this year, the company eliminated about 300 jobs when it shut down its Avalanche Software unit in Salt Lake City. Photo: Reuters

Walt Disney Co. cut 250 jobs in its consumer products and interactive media unit, about 5% of the division’s total employment, as the company shifts to licensing characters to video-game producers rather than making games itself.

About half of the positions being eliminated are in Bellevue, Washington, where employees created social games for distribution on Facebook.com. A sequel to the company’s Marvel Avengers online game performed poorly, according to a spokesman who confirmed the cuts Wednesday.

Earlier this year, the company eliminated about 300 jobs when it shut down its Avalanche Software unit in Salt Lake City. That business made the Disney Infinity line of console games and figures. Companywide, Disney had 185,000 employees at the end of its previous fiscal year.

The other positions cut in the latest round were in areas such as human resources and information technology and are related to last year’s consolidation of the consumer products and interactive businesses, which were previously separate, the spokesman said. Consumer products sales fell 1% in the quarter ended 2 July and profit dropped 7% as Disney failed to match strong year-earlier sales from the animated hit Frozen.

The job cuts were reported earlier Wednesday by the New York Times.

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Published: 15 Sep 2016, 08:37 AM IST
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