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Laid-Off HBO Max Execs Reveal Warner Bros. Discovery Is Killing Off Diversity and Courting ‘Middle America’<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/HBO</p> <p>Former <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/this-hbo-max-and-warner-bros-discovery-drama-is-a-big-depressing-mess">HBO Max executives</a> say <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/hbo-max-is-getting-rid-of-generation-and-much-more-original-content">the streaming service</a> has been left with few people of color to oversee its diverse slate of programming as Warner Bros. Discovery continues its ongoing corporate reshuffling.</p> <p>The platform <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/08/hbo-max-layoffs-reality-amy-gravitt-sarah-aubrey-reorg-acquisitions-casting-international-1235091596/">reportedly</a> laid off close to 70 people this month. That includes the entire teams overseeing unscripted, kids and family, and international content, according to two former HBO Max execs who asked not to be named.</p> <p>Those three divisions, responsible for buying shows from production companies and creators and working closely with them during production, are now completely gone.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/laid-off-hbo-max-execs-reveal-warner-bros-discovery-is-killing-off-diversity-and-courting-middle-america?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/HBO

Former HBO Max executives say the streaming service has been left with few people of color to oversee its diverse slate of programming as Warner Bros. Discovery continues its ongoing corporate reshuffling.

The platform reportedly laid off close to 70 people this month. That includes the entire teams overseeing unscripted, kids and family, and international content, according to two former HBO Max execs who asked not to be named.

Those three divisions, responsible for buying shows from production companies and creators and working closely with them during production, are now completely gone.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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