By Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy informed staffers that they should anticipate potential layoffs across the company as they expedite the implementation of artificial intelligence in an effort to boost and/or improve the customer experience.

“As we roll out more Generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done. We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs,” Jassy wrote in a message to employees on Tuesday. “It’s hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company.”

By Lucas Manfredi

Warner Bros. Discovery is restructuring its games division to focus on four of its core IP’s: Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, DC and Mortal Kombat.

As part of the move, Warner Bros. Games Montréal studio head Yves Lachance, NetherRealm studio head Shaun Himmerick and Warner Bros. Games New York studio chief Steven Flenory have all been promoted to senior vice presidents.

By Lucas Manfredi

Streaming has officially outpaced cable and broadcast’s combined share of total TV usage, per Nielsen’s latest Gauge report, posting a record 44.8% share of viewership in May — a 71% increase over the last four years.

In comparison, broadcast and cable posted shares of 20.1% and 24.1% for the month, respectively, down 21% and 39% over the same four-year period.