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Report: Veoh Planning Major Layoffs

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San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat. Quoting a "source close to the company" VentureBeat said that the layoffs would be "drastic." Tags: veoh layoff jobs video content. READ MORE>>.

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HuffingtonPost Abandons Los Angeles Video Streaming Effort, Says Report

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HuffPo Live was launched about a year to, to provide live-streaming, video coverage to the Huffington Post site. huffingtonpost video streaming livestream talk television content hollywood huffpo live layoff jobs' The move apparently came as HuffingtonPOst is shifting its HuffPo Live focus to international markets. READ MORE>>.

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EA Shutters Pandemic Studios

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Electronics Arts is shutting down Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios , according to an internal note leaked to gaming news site Kotaku. Tags: electronic arts games content pandemic shutdown layoff. EA bought Pandemic in 2007, in a deal worth $775M.

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MySpace Chops 47 Percent

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Amid rumors for weeks that Los Angeles-based MySpace has been planning massive layoffs, the firm said today that it is cutting 47 percent of its staff globally, or roughly 400 employees.

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Buzz Media Trims Staff At Idolator

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Hollywood-based Buzz Media the venture backed content, media, and community site, has made more cuts , this time at the firm's Idolator blog. According to a post by one of its editors earlier this month, the site has cut "pretty much all" of Idolator's contributing writers, including columnists and daily bloggers. READ MORE>>.

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Report: THQ Cutting 170

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According to reports on gaming sites, the cuts are expected to be announced along with THQ's earnings tomorrow. If true, the layoffs would not be a surprise for the firm, which said just last week that it would be paring its efforts in kids games, completely exiting the area to focus instead on its core gamers.

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Veoh Cuts 20 Percent

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Los Angeles- and San Diego-based Veoh (www.veoh.com), an online video sharing site, has laid off 20 people, or roughly 18-20 percent of the firm's employees. The layoffs occurred yesterday, when employees were notified of the move.

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