WWE has been releasing several talents and now a number of international office employees and WWE Studios employees have also been released as per the reports of PWInsider and Deadline.
WWE President Nick Khan broke the news by phone call
It was previously noted that the film, TV and social media divisions in Stamford, CT and Los Angeles, CA were highly impacted with WWE Studios employees being laid off in features, TV and digital/social media, which was related to the WWE Advanced Media Group cuts. Triple H ‘Apologizes’ For WWE Firing
Deadline reported that under Kevin Dunn, who is the Executive Producer & Chief of Global Television Distribution, the department has been consolidated into small section with limited employees.
Nick Khan, would personally oversee the international offices in order to keep them in closer alignment with WWE HQ here in the United States.
Jay Rosenstock who served as WWE’s Executive Vice President of International was also released. He looked after WWE’s eight international regional managers, but Khan will now handle those duties.
WWE Human Resources held a brief call and confirmed that employees in the digital/Advanced Media group divisions would now report to Dunn in the TV department.
As many as 35 people were let go today.The following names were previously confirmed: former WWE Advanced Media Group Executive Vice President Jaylar Donlan, after more than 8 years with the company; former Senior Vice President of Production Brian Pellegatto, after just under 9 years with the company; former Executive Vice President of International Jay Rosenstock, after just under 2 years with the company; former Vice President of Media Operations Makham Nolana, after just over 2 years with the company; former Content Director James Wortman, after 11 years with the company.
In an update, longtime employee Adam Kirshner was also released on Tuesday. He worked as the Manager of Media & Metadata for the company, and had been with WWE for more than 15 years. Kirshner played a major role in growing the WWE YouTube channel and the WWE Network.
