Comcast’s Golf Channel Lays Off About 30 Staffers

Golfweek: Golf Channel laid off about 30 employees, or 3 percent of its workforce, on Friday. Most of the layoffs came in Golf Channel’s original-production division and related positions. The cutbacks indicate a reduction in costly programming that has a limited shelf life or use on the channel’s website. “Golf Channel has realigned some business functions to add emphasis on live events, news and digital businesses,” a spokesman said. “As a result, some positions primarily working on taped programming with limited digital focus have been impacted.” Golf Channel, which is based in Orlando, Fla., and part of the NBC Sports Group, recently has been trying to rationalize the costs of some of its original programming.