Viacom Fires Half of AwesomenessTV Staff After Acquisition

Deadline: Just weeks after touting its acquisition of AwesomenessTV, Viacom began handing out pink slips. AwesomenessTV said it would fire 98 employees at the teen-focused studio’s Santa Monica offices, or about 50% of its workforce. The company said would lay off most of the employees on or shortly after October 15.