Vimeo Axes Quarter Of Midtown Staff After Billion-Dollar Takeover – Hoodline

Vimeo is getting a lot quieter in Midtown. The video platform is preparing to cut about 25% of its New York City staff, zeroing in on employees at its Manhattan offices and adding to a string of post-acquisition shakeups. The move comes just months after the company was taken private and follows earlier, deeper rounds of layoffs. For New York customers and creators who lean on Vimeo’s enterprise tools, it is another question mark over local support and day-to-day operations. As reported by Crain’s New York Business, Vimeo plans to eliminate roughly a quarter of its city workforce, with affected employees based in the company’s Herald Square offices at 330 W. 34th St. The piece, published April 2, 2026, credits CoStar for the building detail and cites commercial real estate sources on the scale of the cuts. Vimeo agreed in September 2025 to be bought by Milan-based Bending Spoons in an approximately $1.38 billion cash deal, and the transaction closed later that year. TechCrunch has traced the buyer’s string of acquisitions and highlighted its track record of rapid post-purchase reorganizations. That reorganization has already included sweeping job cuts. Reporting around a January 20, 2026 round said large portions of Vimeo’s
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