Endeavor Cutbacks To Impact One-Third Of The Company

  • 📰 DEADLINE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 46 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 22%
  • Publisher: 63%

South Africa News News

South Africa South Africa Latest News,South Africa South Africa Headlines

The cuts Deadline described last month for Endeavor are taking shape and will be felt through its many divisions including WME and Endeavor Content. The company, which has 7,500 employees, said Wed…

March 25 describing the cutbacks. As part of the measures, Emanuel and Whitesell said they would not take salaries for the remainder of the year.

Originally the cuts numbered about 250, coming mostly from the elimination of operational roles across Endeavor in which staffers couldn’t perform their jobs from home. That included employees at hotels, and restaurants owned by the parent company, with only a small fraction involving the WME agency.

Earlier in March, Deadline revealed that a liquidation event that had been scheduled for early April in which partners could cash out 20% of their equity had been indefinitely postponed because of the unforeseen impact of the pandemic. Endeavor’s holdings include talent agency WME, the UFC, sports and fashion management firm IMG and the Professional Bull Riders, companies that have all been impacted by theBack in September, Endeavor at its private equity partners withdrew a long-planned IPO owing to various factors including a softening market and shrinking demand from investors.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 109. in ZA

South Africa South Africa Latest News, South Africa South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Snap's ad business defied coronavirus fears in Q1 and its stock is popping - Business InsiderSnapchat's parent company grew its revenue 44% in the first three months of the year.
Source: BusinessInsider - 🏆 729. / 51 Read more »