【美国】迪士尼将对MakerStudios裁员约80人

Walt Disney Co. laying off about 80 from Maker Studios

Walt Disney Co. is laying off about 80 people as itradically shrinks the number of YouTube creators supported by its Maker Studiosunit, said a person close to the company.

Rather than providing more than 60,000 YouTubecreators with support promoting their channels and selling ads, Maker is aimingto work with roughly 300 who have large followings and are family-friendlyenough to work with other Disney divisions, the knowledgeable person said.Future content is expected to be in the vein of "Oh My Disney," a coming show on YouTube hosted by Maker personalityAlexys Gabrielle featuring games, interviews and skits promoting otherfranchises from the company.

译文：

    一位迪士尼的相关人士表示，迪士尼公司正在对Maker Studios裁员约80人，而这一行为则极大的减少了其制作工作室所支持的YouTube创作者的数量。

    相关人士表示，Maker不是为超过6万名YouTube创作者提供支持来推广渠道和销售广告，而是致力于与大约300家拥有大量粉丝、并适合家族的其他迪士尼部门合作。未来的内容预计会出现在一位叫做Alexys Gabrielle在youtube上主持的节目"哦，我的迪斯尼"中，用来专门提供来自公司的其他特许经营的游戏，访谈和短片。

（翻译：曹昀杰）

信息来源：

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/walt-disney-co-laying-off-about-80-from-maker-studios-2017-02-23