Disney to Lay Off 50 Animators in Florida
From a Times Staff Writer
In a continuing streamlining of its bedrock animation unit, Walt Disney Co. is laying off 50 animators at its Orlando facility.
The cuts, which were expected, mark the last phase of belt-tightening in Disney’s animation division, which already has eliminated several hundred jobs in the last two years in response to high salaries and soaring production costs.
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