Entertainment

Paramount Cuts 25% of Domestic Cable Staff, Ends MTV News

Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Paramount Global, looking to reduce costs as it copes with a loss of traditional TV viewers, is letting go about 25% of the staff in its domestic cable networks and shutting down MTV News after four decades on the air.

Employees are being notified Tuesday, the company said in a statement. Paramount is combining nine separate teams into one. It had already announced plans to merge its Showtime and MTV studios.