Producer Fifth Season Lays Off 30 Staffers Amid Strikes – The Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood production and distribution company Fifth Season laid off 12 percent of its staff, or 30 positions, Thursday due to the impact of the writers and actors strikes.  The company, previously known as Endeavor Content, itself was formed after a packaging fees fight between Endeavor and the Writers Guild of America, in which the talent agency was required to divest a majority stake in the business in order to be able to represent writers. It had been doing business as Endeavor Content since 2017. Fifth Season is now majority-controlled by South Korean entertainment company CJ ENM, with Endeavor retaining a minority stake. The studio has been responsible for shows such as Apple TV+’s Severance, AMC’s Killing Eve and the film 80 for Brady.  Eight people of the 220 person workforce were laid off from the company in late April, ahead of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. The positions eliminated Thursday included executive and administrative roles.  The company is now hoping for a “swift resolution” to the strikes, which began May 2 and July 14, respectively, and have taken a “financial, creative, and emotional toll,” according to a statement provided by a company spokesperson.  “Today we made the difficult decision to
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