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Layoffs of about 10% of the staff at NPR are happening this week, and along with the job cuts, four podcasts have been canceled, reports NPR.ORG.The shows ending production include three seasonal podcasts, the long-running "INVISIBILIA," "LOUDER THAN A RIOT" (which just started its new season), and "ROUGH TRANSLATION," along with the "WAIT WAIT... DON'T TELL ME" spin-off "EVERYONE & THEIR MOM." The closures come as the network tries to ...

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In addition to cutting 10% of its workforce, the network is eliminating more than 80 vacant positions.

A significant cut to staff and programming to stay afloat.

Taxpayer-funded NPR will lay off ten percent of its workforce, going from approximately 1,200 to about 1,050 employees, after the left-wing media company failed to generate enough revenue, the organization announced Thursday.