NBC News will be terminating 150 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) employees who are responsible for “Black, Latino, Asian and LGBTQ+” coverage in the newsroom.
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The Wrap, in an exclusive, reported that NBC News was firing its teams dedicated to issues affecting those communities.
NBC News executive vice president of editorial, Catherine Kim, announced the cuts to staff on the morning of Oct. 15. Kim claimed that the layoffs made things a “difficult day for a lot of us,” the Wrap reported.
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The Wednesday newsroom massacre comes as NBC News splits from its sister news network, MSNBC.
The total reductions will cut about 7% of NBC News’ 2,000 newsroom staffers, which is 2% of the wider NBCUniversal News Group family of local affiliates and
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