Harpo Studios has notified the Illinois Department of Employment Security it plans to lay off workers.
Oprah Winfrey’s production company filed notice of its intent to lay off an unspecified number of workers. Winfrey ended her show, produced in Chicago, last month.
According to a Harpo spokeswoman, employees are being notified on a “departmental basis” whether their jobs will be eliminated.
Harpo employed about 400 workers last year, after about 50 workers left to join the Los Angeles-based Oprah Winfrey Network.
Harpo Studios will be home to Rosie O’Donnell’s latest daytime television effort, which is set to debut this fall on OWN.
