Result of Merger of AETN and Lifetime: 10% of Staff Were Laid Off Last Friday THR

A&E Television Networks, which includes A&E, History Channel and Lifetime, laid off 100 employees, or 10% of the staff on Friday, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

The staff reductions were a result of the August merger between AETN and Lifetime Entertainment Services. Lifetime was particularly hard hit by the cuts, with unscripted head Jessica Samet and head of casting Rick Jacobs among those laid off.

--Elizabeth Jensen