Disney initiates staggered layoffs of 7,000 employees

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A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on December 14, 2017. Photo by Brendan McDermid/REUTERS.

The Walt Disney Company has initiated layoffs of 7,000 employees as announced by its CEO Bob Iger a couple of months ago. The dismissals will occur in three phases. Is the staggered firings a misstep? Matt Belloni of Puck News and Lucas Shaw of Bloomberg analyze.

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