Disney owned Maker Studios confirms wave of cutbacks

Disney is to axe around 80 jobs at its Maker Studios video unit and scale back its network of creators, which at one time included as many as 60,000 across a variety of different brands. 
Acquired by Disney for $675m in 2014 the division has planned a major shake-up of its creative team and talent since being merged with Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media last December, furthering an earlier bout of lay-offs from July.
This will see the entertainment giant allow the contracts of