Photo: Brooke Palmer/Prime Video Hundreds of employees at Amazon’s streaming and film subsidiaries Prime Video, MGM Studios, and Twitch are being shown the door in the streaming wars’ latest mass layoff, and Amazon’s first of the New Year. The livestreamer Twitch posted a blog saying it would cut its head count by “just over 500”… Continue reading Amazon Lays Off Hundreds at Prime Video, Twitch, MGM Studios
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Walt Disney Studios VFX Workers File to Unionize
Disney’s Peter Pan & Wendy. Photo: Disney VFX crews at Walt Disney Studios have filed to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board in a historic gain for the visual effects labor movement. The news comes after revelations that VFX professionals are summarily underpaid and overworked for their efforts. They’re now demanding protections from their… Continue reading Walt Disney Studios VFX Workers File to Unionize