The layoffs come ahead of a corporate spinoff that will formally separate the parent company of NBC News from cable networks like MSNBC and CNBC.

NBC News has reportedly laid off journalists reporting on marginalized communities, according to the Advocate.

D: NBC News went through a round of layoffs on Wednesday, impacting about 150 staffers, as the network cuts costs as it prepares for the split of most of Comcast’s cable networks into Versant. The job reductions are scattered throughout NBC News.

The Pentagon is trying to stop the media from using unauthorized information, but such disclosures have revealed issues like neglect at a veterans' hospital and unsafe equipment.