Apple trims about 100 jobs in digital services group amid shift in priorities

Apple took the rare step of trimming about 100 jobs in its digital services group, part of a shift in priorities for the critical and very profitable division, Mark Gurman reports for Bloomberg News citing “people with knowledge of the matter.”

Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
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The company informed the affected employees, who worked across several different teams in Senior Vice President Eddy Cue’s services group, on Tuesday, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the move isn’t public.

The layoffs included some engineering roles, and the biggest cuts were made to the team responsible for the Apple Books app and Apple Bookstore. There were also layoffs in other services teams, including the one that runs Apple News.

Apple Books has become less of a priority for the company, which doesn’t see it as a major part of its services lineup. The Books app is still expected to get new features over time, according to the people. As for Apple News, the layoffs aren’t a sign that it’s becoming less of a focus, they said.

Many of the cuts happened in the applications organization that is run by longtime Vice President Roger Rosner. Employees were told they’d have 60 days to find another job within Apple before being terminated. Some of the employees worked across multiple teams, so other areas were tangentially affected as well.

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MacDailyNews Take: Good luck to the affected employees.
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