CNBC is laying off a handful of staffers today, according to sources close to the network. The pink slips are part of a company-wide mandate to cut 450 positions across NBCUniversal.
A spokesman had no immediate comment.
The positions are believed to be low-level and number less than 10. The changes come as NBC News Chair Patricia Fili-Krushel makes her mark in the news division.
Fili-Krushel’s appointment prompted a shake-up at the “Today” show, which lost executive producer Jim Bell this week after seven years on the show. Bell is moving over to a top role at the NBC Olympics division.
Fili-Krushel told the Wall Street Journal that the show needs to evolve. She appeared to suggest that the hugely profitable morning show which spans four hours needs to pick up the pace: “People wake up with their smartphones; that’s their alarm, so when you are presenting the ‘Today’ show, we have to keep that in mind.”