{
  "id": 17282384,
  "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",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T19:52:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/hello-sunshine-layoffs-reese-witherspoon-mediawan-1237209797/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hello Sunshine, which was recently re-acquired by co-founder Reese Witherspoon alongside France-based Mediawan, is laying off half of its staff. The company produces film and TV titles along with maintaining a Witherspoon-branded book club. It is letting go of about 30 workers, a source familiar with the cutbacks told Deadline, was not unexpected and is […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-30T18:47:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}