A week after ESPN absorbed most of NFL Network’s employees, the four-letter network will be tightening the corporate belt.
John Ourand of _Puck_ reports that [layoffs are coming for Bristol, again](https://puck.news/newsletters/the-varsity/?utm_campaign=The+Varsity+-+SUBSCRIBERS+%284%2F6%2F26%29&utm_content=The+Varsity+-+SUBSCRIBERS+%284%2F6%2F26%29&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io&utm_term=f6c6060e9bb201bc831b).
Ourand explains that the reductions are unrelated to the recent media merger with the NFL. Instead, it’s a result of ongoing cord-cutting, the possibility that ESPN will be spun off from Disney, and the financial impact of last year’s 15-day dispute with YouTube TV, which ultimately came with a price tag of $100 million.
Meanwhile, ESPN will soon be asked to pay its new 10-percent limited partner (the NFL) more than the $2.7 billion per year that’s currently being shelled out for _Monday Night Football_.
The good news, if there is any when it comes to layoffs, is that as few as 30 jobs will be impacted in the upcoming round, mainly in off-camera jobs. Six years ago, ESPN cut 300 jobs.
Still, the only constant in the current media climate is change. And more changes are coming for ESPN.