‘Some of the shows being memory-holed were hits; Summer Camp Island had 100 episodes and tons of fans! Others were about to premiere new seasons, which now no one will ever see. Creators spent YEARS pouring themselves into these projects; most weren’t even told this was happening.’
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‘This picture of our crew represents 37 teams of artists who found out online that their shows were being stripped from HBO MAX and for some, episodes we worked on for two years during a pandemic would never be released. @discoveryplus has no respect for artists’
In related news:
HBO Max is expected to layoff around 70% of their development staff
And interestingly:
Heads up. I dont know if these articles point it put, but there is a heavy racialized factor at play here as well. Lots of non white workers and creators have been let go and more so then ever, the staff is beginning to look more homogenous due to the layoffs.
Some higher ups have even said that many of these diversity shows have been scrapped so that they dont alienate middle America.
Take that for what it’s worth I suppose.
The Capitalist practice is to fire many people during a recession to gain illusion of accountability to Capitalists even when the mass layoff incurs long term cost when they need to hire back all the former employees after the recession.