Jeff Glor, recognized for his work on CBS Saturday Morning and as a CBS Information special correspondent, is not with the community as a part of layoffs by Paramount World.
Puck Information was the primary to report the information on X (previously recognized on Twitter) on Tuesday, Sept. 24. In response to the outlet, Glor, 49, was “amongst these being lower in newest spherical of Paramount job cuts, which goal 2,000 positions general.”
PEOPLE reached out to reps at CBS for remark, however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
Glor is reportedly one among tons of of workers who obtained information of the layoffs on Tuesday after the primary spherical of job cuts had been made in mid-August.
“Like the complete Media trade, we’re working to speed up streaming profitability whereas on the similar time adjusting to the evolving panorama in our conventional companies,” Paramount co-CEOs George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins wrote in a memo to workers early Tuesday, per The Hollywood Reporter and The Hill.
“With a purpose to set Paramount up for continued success, we’re taking these actions, and after right this moment, 90 % of those reductions will likely be full.”
Paramount is the mother or father firm of CBS.
In response to THR, the layoffs come as Paramount hopes to save lots of roughly $500 million in prices forward of a merger with Skydance by shedding 15 % of the corporate’s U.S.-based workers.
Glor joined CBS Information as a correspondent in 2007 and was named anchor for CBS Night Information in 2017, earlier than transferring to Saturday Morning simply two years later in 2019. He co-hosted this system with Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson.
He additionally labored as a correspondent for 60 Minutes Sports activities and CBS This Morning and beforehand anchored The Early Present on weekday mornings in 2011.
A supply instructed the New York Post that Glor’s “wage was ‘too excessive’ and that he largely stored to himself, opting to not play “workplace politics” or stick his neck out a lot since being moved to weekend responsibility.”
Moreover, sources instructed the Publish that extra layoffs might affect CBS Information’ Washington. D.C. bureau after the 2024 presidential election.
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Along with Glor, Ben Tracy, Anna Werner and Roxana Saberi had been additionally amongst veteran journalists lower within the newest spherical of company-wide layoffs, the Los Angeles Times reported.