CNBC makes small number of international layoffs

CNBC has made a small number of layoffs in its international operation in London.

The move is the first step made by Deep Bagchee, who started in August to run CNBC International.

“In a memo to staff last week, it was announced that a small number of roles have been impacted as part of a reorganization of the newsroom that better positions the company for future success,” a CNBC spokeswoman stated.

A year ago, CNBC.com laid off slightly more than a dozen editorial staffers in its digital and video operations. The cuts represent about 3 percent of its U.S workforce, which less than 20 employees. Some of the cuts were reporters.

The company will be part of a new corporation being spun off from Comcast that will include its cable channels.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.