RT America will cease productions and lay off most of its staff, according to a memo from T&R Productions, the production company behind the Russian state-funded network, which CNN obtained.
Highlights
- RT America will cease productions and lay off most of its staff, according to a memo from T&R Productions.
- The news would mean an effective end to RT America.
- The network, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main mouthpieces in the US, was dropped earlier this week by DirecTV.
- The company operated offices in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
- The memo says it will be “ceasing production” at all of its locations “as a result of unforeseen business interruption events” The company’s general manager Misha Solodovnikov wrote that the layoff will be permanent, meaning “this will result in the permanent separation”