In fallout from a major restructure at Canada's Corus Entertainment, the company's director of original kids' productions, Bonita Siegel, and several members of her development team have been let go, reports KIDSCREEN. The realignment, announced Tuesday, has resulted in 53 job cuts across the company, and has raised concerns about the health of the kids channels' production and development departments.
The layoffs are rumored to include two additional development execs, which raises further questions about Corus's future plans regarding original commissions.
"Bonnie Siegel is an important person in the world market, and it's a big loss for the industry," says one independent producer. "The sky is not falling, but public companies need to increase profitability and evolve their business, as they say."