NBCUniversal’s flurry of year-end pink slips hit business network CNBC.
The network yesterday cut a handful of staffers as part of NBCU’s call for 450 layoffs company-wide. A CNBC spokesman declined to comment.
The changes come as Patricia Fili-Krushel, the new chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, makes her mark in the news division.
Earlier this week, Fili-Krushel moved to bring in new blood at NBC’s “Today” morning show after it was knocked from the No. 1 spot.
The latest to exit “Today” is senior producer Noah Kotch, who was in charge of the show’s 7 a.m. hour. Kotch, who was previously with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” was hired by former Executive Producer Jim Bell just last year.
Bell also left “Today” this week for a new role producing NBC’s Olympics coverage.