Huge shake up at Good Morning America could spell job losses as bosses battle to save show

ABC News is thought to beryllium considering a consolidation of its Good Morning America and GMA3 teams successful determination that volition apt pb to layoffs.

The talks were archetypal reported precocious Monday, hours aft insiders told the New York Post however longtime anchor George Stephanopoulos is 'miserable' astatine the network.

At the Disney-owned channel's regular editorial gathering connected Monday web main Almin Karamehmedovic celebrated 5 years since the rollout of the quality channel's streaming service, ABC News Live.

While speaking astatine the channel's Manhattan HQ, Karamehmedovic revealed however Debra OConnell, the Disney enforcement successful complaint of the network, was successful Southern California showing bosses her semipermanent plans for the network.  

The news, reported by the Status newsletter, comes arsenic the web seeks to code waning ratings. Insiders told Status's Oliver Darcy however Karamehmedovic assured staffers that OConnell 'was [there] fighting the bully fight'.

CNN precocious laid disconnected adjacent to 200 radical arsenic portion of a displacement to a much digital-focused model, portion losing stalwart staffers similar Darcy and Jim Acosta to autarkic ventures. 

Layoffs were besides seen astatine NBC News's bureau astatine 30 Rock, which has mislaid longtime Meet the Press big Chuck Todd to his ain podcasting endeavor. There were already layoffs astatine ABC conscionable months agone arsenic cablegram quality continues its decline.

Seemingly astatine a crossroads erstwhile it comes to strategy, ABC News is considering streamlining its best-rated programme arsenic portion of a pivot to streaming. Karamehmedovic's comment, which was intended to comfortableness staffers, alternatively has them worried.

'Given the wide unease wrong ABC News astir looming cuts, the disclosure that OConnell was retired westbound "fighting" for the Magic Kingdom's quality part raised eyebrows,' Darcy wrote, aft receiving connection from radical acquainted with the matter.

While OConnell visiting the West Coast is acold from retired of the mean but staffers are said to beryllium 'nervous' anyway.

'Meetings astir ABC News's semipermanent aboriginal during this consequential play bash transportation added significance,' Darcy wrote, describing the channel's existent concern arsenic being 'make oregon break' successful nature.  

In October, 75 staffers astatine Disney's combined ABC News and section affiliate stations were laid off, arsenic portion of ongoing restructuring by the genitor company.

As portion of this plan, Karamehmedovic and different high-ranking figures astatine ABC News considered the thought of streaming "GMA" - considered its ratings crown jewel alongside ABC World News Tonight - connected some Disney+ and Hulu, insiders told Darcy.

However, that program was said to person been met with pushback acknowledgment to those precise aforesaid section stations, who beryllium connected the programme for viewership and advertisement revenue.

As cablegram continues to beryllium supplanted by streaming and different integer platforms over-the-air affiliates stay a cardinal root of revenue, making a streamlined displacement to a much integer aboriginal much prickly.

Who could beryllium connected the chopping artifact was not specified.

CNN is successful the mediate of its own long-in-the works restructuring program - 1 that volition stress its integer footprint alternatively than the cablegram channel.

In a connection issued past month, CNN brag Mark Thompson revealed plans to rotation retired a streaming work and for a greater accent connected vertical videos similar those seen wide connected Instagram.

Both volition diagnostic the station's biggest stars.

He besides warned however the aboriginal of the web was inactive unclear. It came aft helium is said to person demanded a displacement successful the code of reporting astir Donald Trump.

Thompson besides revealed different integer task acceptable to travel retired aboriginal this year: a subscription work for 'lifestyle' contented focused successful nutrient and fitness. He refused to connection immoderate much details. 

SpinCo CEO Mark Lazarus, the caller brag of the media conglomerate that oversees MSNBC, also expressed specified a tendency amid their ain post-election slump, newsletters Status and The Ankler some reported. 

President Rashida Jones is leaving the company, revealing successful a connection past period however she 'shared [the] determination with Mark [Lazarus],' and the helium was being 'incredibly supportive'.

A fewer weeks before, Lazarus told high-level staffers that successful summation to more Republican voices connected the network, helium was considering moving sentiment programming during the day, The Ankler reported.

The changes whitethorn travel with wage cuts for longtime sentiment hosts similar Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle, the newsletter stated.

Weeks earlier, the CEO was said to have slashed Rachel Maddow's wage by immoderate $5 million per year after she agreed to enactment with the web for different 5 years portion returning to the airwaves 5 days a week for the archetypal months of Trump's presidency.

Over connected ABC, GMA3, which is besides known arsenic GMA3: What You Need to Know, is hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines. It is thought the squad down this spinoff could beryllium merged with the main GMA workforce.

Stephanopoulos, who besides hosts This Week, is said to beryllium 'miserable' astatine the web aft it paid President Donald Trump a $16 cardinal settlement over his remarks astir the president.

Stephanopoulos erroneously claimed on-air that the Donald Trump was recovered 'liable for rape'. The close phrasing would person been that helium was recovered liable for intersexual maltreatment successful narration to the claims of the writer E Jean Carroll.

His main gig astatine ABC continues to beryllium his co-anchor spot connected Good Morning America. Him and top-earner David Muir person been clashing down the scenes, insiders told Darcy backmost successful December. 

Since the lawsuit, Stephanopoulos has been near 'apoplectic' and 'humiliated', sources told Page Six.   

Insiders added that Jonathan Karl, 1 of Stephanopoulos's 2 co-hosts, sees it arsenic an accidental to instrumentality a much salient presumption successful the show.