CW Layoffs: More Details Emerge About Executives Who Exited In Tuesday Cuts
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: As the dust has settled on the wave of layoffs that hit the CW yesterday, we are hearing more names of senior executives in multiple areas who were impacted.
The list includes the CW’s EVP Distribution Betty Ellen Berlamino. Her exit was indirectly confirmed by Nexstar’s announcement Tuesday morning that Google’s Rebekah Dopp is joining the network as EVP of distribution, strategy and affiliate relations.
The CW’s affiliate relations team also took a hit, we hear. The broadcaster may be taking the route a number of cable networks have taken of not having an in-house casting department as the CW’s casting department, which included SVP Talent and Casting Dana Theodoratos and her coordinator, has been eliminated, we hear.
In research, we hear SVP Chip Walters exited, joining Eric Cardinal who had been previously laid off. The events and HR departments also lost its senior executives, including SVP Events Emilia Purchio HR SVP Valerie Masterson and VP Jackie Cain, sources said.
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