Recent Layoffs News 2024. The aws layoffs follow other layoffs that happened at amazon and its subsidiaries this year, including at prime video, the mgm studios unit and twitch, the. The recent round of layoffs, while pronounced, are part of a much larger and unrelenting storm battering the journalism industry.

Executives justified the mass layoffs by citing a pandemic hiring binge, high inflation and weak consumer demand. The los angeles times laid off 20% of its newsroom in january.