Radio & Records Closed; More Laid Off at Reporter

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With around 10 layoffs at the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, one of the town’s leading trades took another hit, leaving the entertainment industry’s traditional news organizations in reduced circumstances yet again.

The layoffs were the fourth wave of job eliminations in the past year at THR, and cut deep into the organization.

In addition to the editorial division bearing the brunt of the layoffs, one of the company’s other trade publications, Radio & Records, closed altogether, leaving about 30 staffers out of work.

The media landscape in Hollywood is swiftly undergoing dramatic change, after nearly a century of stability and profitability. Variety has had two rounds of layoffs this year alone, while TVWeek shuttered print operations and went solely online June 1.


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