Now Amazon Lays Off 18,000 Of Its Comixology Staff

Amazon acquired Comixology in 2014. In February 2022, Amazon integrated Comixology into Kindle and now Amazon has laid off a major number of its staff in its digital comic book platform division Comixology.

This entire division has been laid off in three parts: with some leaving immediately, others in June, and another group that will stay until October.

The current economy is the key factor for this move, as previously stated by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and at present the company’s goal is to pursue “long-term opportunities with a stronger cost structure.”

McGovern confirmed that according to a note sent by Amazon’s retail CEO Doug Herrington, the layoffs are “part of a wider effort to lower [its] cost to serve.”