Twilio, a cloud computing company, said on Monday that it plans to lay off about 17% of it staff, which amounts to roughly 1,500 workers. "I recognize that all of this is deeply unsettling." Twilio "To address the growing deficit, we need to further reduce our spending," Lansing said to employees. NPR has also suspended internships and fellowships, and restricted nonessential travel, Lansing said. In November, the company imposed a near-freeze on hiring. "As a result, the ad industry has weakened and we are grappling with a sharp decline in our revenues from corporate sponsors." "At a time when we are doing some of our most ambitious and essential work, the global economy remains uncertain," Lansing said. John Lansing, NPR's CEO, said in the memo that the company faces a $30 million shortfall on an annual budget of about $300 million. National Public Radio, a nationwide network of public radio stations, said on Wednesday that it will cut 10% of its staff, which amounts to at least 100 employees, according to a memo obtained by ABC News. "I remain very optimistic about the future and the myriad of opportunities we have," he said. The company has yet to identify the exact roles being cut in the latest round of layoffs, Jassy said on Monday. The majority of roles cut last fall were in Amazon Stores and People Experience and Technology Solutions teams, according to an email sent to employees from Jassy. "The short answer is that not all of the teams were done with their analyses in the late fall and rather than rush through these assessments without the appropriate diligence, we chose to share these decisions as we’ve made them so people had the information as soon as possible." "Some may ask why we didn’t announce these role reductions with the ones we announced a couple months ago," Jassy said. Six MLS teams made the final during the CCL era, but Seattle will end up as the only team to have won it.Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images The tournament was rebranded to the CONCACAF Champions League when a group stage was introduced in 2008-09 and that name stuck even after the group stage was eliminated for the 2018 tournament. United and the LA Galaxy) won that format. The region’s club championship tournament had been previously called the CONCACAF Champions Cup from 1962-2008 when it was played in a similar format to what it is now. The name change is also a recognition that the “league” name no longer made sense. At least five and as many as 10 MLS teams can potentially qualify for the tournament. Unlike the current format, the final will played as a single game on a weekend. The first four rounds of the revamped tournament will feature two-legged, home-and-home series just as they have in previous tournaments. That’s more than five times as much as was distributed during the most recent CCL. Also part of the announcement was a significant boost to the prize pool, which was increased to $5 million. The new name accompanies a previously announced expanded format that will begin in 2024 with 27 teams. The Seattle Sounders will officially go down in history as the only MLS team to win the Concacaf Champions League after the regional organizing body announced plans to rename the tournament the “Concacaf Champions Cup” on Tuesday.
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