- Cartoon Community stated it’s not shutting down, regardless of rumors circulating on social media this week.
- Issues arose after mother or father firm Warner Bros. Discovery introduced layoffs to animation groups.
- “Y’all we’re not useless, we’re simply turning 30,” Cartoon Community wrote in a tweet.
Cartoon Community shouldn’t be going anyplace, regardless of rumors on the contrary.
The cable tv channel took to Twitter on Friday to dispel considerations that it was shutting down, following reviews on Tuesday that mother or father firm Warner Bros. Discovery laid off 82 staffers in its scripted, unscripted, and animation departments.
“Y’all we’re not useless, we’re simply turning 30,” Cartoon Community wrote in a tweet. “To our followers: We’re not going anyplace. We’ve been and can at all times be your house for beloved, revolutionary cartoons. Extra to return quickly!”
—Cartoon Community (@cartoonnetwork) October 14, 2022
The layoffs are a part of ongoing $3 billion cost-cutting efforts after Warner Bros. merged with Discovery in April to type a brand new leisure conglomerate, Selection reported. The reductions already had a notable influence on networks like HBO and HBO Max, which slashed jobs and started quietly eradicating programming in August.
In a memo to staffers reported by Selection, Warner Bros. TV Group chairman Channing Dungey wrote the corporate is “implementing a brand new streamlined construction” for animation, however didn’t announce any program cancellations.
Nonetheless, rumors that Cartoon Community — finest recognized for authentic collection like “Powerpuff Ladies,” “Journey Time,” and “Dexter’s Laboratory,” and for airing classics like “Looney Toons” and “Scooby Doo” — was shutting down for good started circulating on social media earlier this week, alongside the hashtag #RIPCartoonNetwork.
The community shared one other tweet on Saturday poking enjoyable on the misconceptions, together with a tongue-in-cheek video that includes characters from the Cartoon Community collection “The Superb World of Gumball,” alongside the caption “POV: Once you discover out about your dying by way of Twitter.”
—Cartoon Community (@cartoonnetwork) October 15, 2022
