It’s not widespread to see Apple and layoffs in the identical headline, however Deadline completely reviews that Apple has shrunk its Youngsters division.

Per the Deadline report, which characterizes the layoffs as a fraction of Youngsters division:

Apple TV+‘s Youngsters operations underwent layoffs as we speak. The cuts impacted eight individuals throughout music, manufacturing, improvement, a fraction of the general employees concerned in youngsters content material, Deadline has discovered.

It’s exhausting to understand how important the cuts actually are, nevertheless it’s no less than one other sign that Apple TV+ isn’t rising its push into kid-focused content material.

In October, Apple and John Lasseter’s Skydance Animations parted methods after a single film launch. An unfinished animated movie (and Skydance Animations) moved over to Netflix as a substitute. Apple TV+ will nonetheless launch an animated sequence developed from the deal.

On the time, Deadline reported that Apple and Lasseter “mutually agreed the animated characteristic was not the perfect match for Apple Authentic Movies’ increasing narrative movie slate.”

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