Fox News is laying off staff, with big cuts to hair and makeup

• Fox News has made a round of layoffs, affecting less than 3% of staff, as part of restructuring efforts to streamline the business.
• The outlet's on-air talent are spared, but every other part of the company is affected — especially the hair and makeup teams.
• The cuts mean hair and makeup will no longer be provided to Fox News guests, a source familiar with the restructuring told Business Insider.
• This means that that anchors will continue to receive those services.

Fox News has made layoffs across almost all areas of the company as part of a restructuring to streamline the business, with less than 3% of the company losing their jobs.

The cuts are said to particularly affect its hair and makeup teams, meaning only regular on-air personalities will receive styling, as opposed to external guests, a source familiar with the restructuring told Business Insider.

An internal memo from Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott, seen by Business Insider, said that "as a result of this reorganization, many of our co-workers and friends will be departing."

She said that: "As we have evolved into a streamlined multi-platform organization, we are realigining several functions and restructuring several divisions in an effort to meet the creative and business needs of a modern media company."

Fox News said in a statement to Business Insider that "we are realigning several functions and restructuring various divisions in order to position all of our businesses for ongoing success."

The source said that less than 3% of the workforce would be leaving, with hair and makeup hardest hit.

Fox News' hair and makeup staff had their work disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Wrap reported that 90% of those staff had been unable to work for months, but had still been paid.

The Fox News source said that this was the only department affected by the pandemic in terms of these layoffs.

The cuts mean that only Fox News on-air staff will have access to hairstylists and makeup artists, and guests will not.

The network has been conducting more remote interviews than normal during the pandemic, like most networks.

The Hollywood Reporter said that Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch told staff in an August memo that non-production staff should expect to continue working remotely until 2021.