NBCUniversal Lays Off Staff at USA Network, Syfy

Deadline: NBCUniversal cable networks USA and Syfy are laying off staff. The headcount reduction, which affects less than 10 percent of the employees at the two networks, or about 25 people, stems from the February executive restructuring in NBCU’s cable division. Contributing to the workforce reduction to a smaller degree is the recent consolidation of the scripted operations of USA, Syfy, Bravo and E! There were similar layoffs at E! and Esquire following the move to consolidate NBCU’s lifestyle cable networks.