Quibi Staffers 'Fuming' Over Reese Witherspoon's $6M Payday As Company Faces Layoffs: Report (via Fox411)
Reese Witherspoon attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 9, 2020 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
"Quibi may have to implement cutbacks and people are fuming that stars like Reese got paid millions," one source told the outlet. The insider claimed that Quibi has already scaled back overtime for its "lowest-level staffers," while others have already been let go "quietly."However, a source familiar with the situation told Fox News that Witherspoon's payday was "far, far, far less" than $6 million.
Meanwhile, Quibi said the report was "completely inaccurate" and "the talent compensation was utterly inaccurate," as well as denied laying off staff "as a part of cost-saving measures" in a company memo obtained by Fox News on Wednesday. The company said in the memo its senior leadership team has "volunteered to take a 10 percent pay cut because it’s the right thing to do.
Quibi was launched by former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman with an aim at commuters, as it can only be accessed on a mobile device. All of the shows featured on the app are 10 minutes or less. The outlet said the
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Quibi Reportedly Paid Reese Witherspoon $6 Million Just to Talk, Now Laying Off StaffThe streaming service Quibi, which in the lead up to its launch announced a slate of shows helmed by the likes of Zac Efron, Kendall Jenner, Reese Witherspoon, Chrissy Teigen, and Sophie Turner, appears to have blown their budget on stars instead of staff. A source told Page Six that while Witherspoon got a $6 million payday for narrating Fierce Queens, a nature documentary, that Quibi has implemented layoffs and “cut overtime for its lowest-level staffers.” As it related specifically to Fierce Queens, the show has been one of the “weakest performers.”
続きを読む »
Quibi Says Senior Execs Taking 10% Pay Cut, Denies It’s Making LayoffsQuibi is making a belt-tightening move, two months after Jeffrey Katzenberg’s ambitious mobile-video subscription startup launched — to disappointing initial numbers. However, the compa…
続きを読む »
Quibi Senior Executives to Take 10 Percent Pay CutQuibi is implanting pay cuts for senior executives as its two-month-old entertainment app struggles to catch on with viewers
続きを読む »
Quibi Reportedly Paid Reese Witherspoon $6 Million Just to Talk, Now Laying Off StaffThe streaming service Quibi, which in the lead up to its launch announced a slate of shows helmed by the likes of Zac Efron, Kendall Jenner, Reese Witherspoon, Chrissy Teigen, and Sophie Turner, appears to have blown their budget on stars instead of staff. A source told Page Six that while Witherspoon got a $6 million payday for narrating Fierce Queens, a nature documentary, that Quibi has implemented layoffs and “cut overtime for its lowest-level staffers.” As it related specifically to Fierce Queens, the show has been one of the “weakest performers.”
続きを読む »
Quibi Says Senior Execs Taking 10% Pay Cut, Denies It’s Making LayoffsQuibi is making a belt-tightening move, two months after Jeffrey Katzenberg’s ambitious mobile-video subscription startup launched — to disappointing initial numbers. However, the compa…
続きを読む »
Quick bites.\u003cbr\u003eBig stories.\n\u003cbr/\u003eQuick bites of captivating entertainment, created for mobile by the best talent, designed to fit perfectly into any moment of your day.
続きを読む »