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  "id": 17270005,
  "title": "Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Cuts 50% of Employees After Actress Buys Back Company",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/reese-witherspoons-hello-sunshine-cuts-50-of-employees-after-actress",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T18:47:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/reese-witherspoon-hello-sunshine-layoff-1236935287/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is majorly shrinking. Earlier this month, Witherspoon bought her production company back from Candle Media, the Blackstone-backed label that had acquired a controlling stake in 2021. With the support of the French conglomerate Mediawan, the actress was reportedly able to reacquire the banner for just a fraction of the $900 million […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Cuts 50% of Staff After She Buys Back Company",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/reese-witherspoons-hello-sunshine-cuts-50-of-staff-after-she-buys",
        "published": "2026-10-30T19:31:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Hello Sunshine Lays Off Half Of Staff In Wake Of Acquisition By Reese Witherspoon And Mediawan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/hello-sunshine-lays-off-half-of-staff-in-wake-of-acquisition-by-reese",
        "published": "2026-10-30T19:52:59.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}