ESPN's Latest News round of layoffs coming soon could leave everyone from the top to the bottom at risk, according to a report. 

The cuts are part of the layoffs across all units announced by Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, ESPN's parent company. 

Iger had previously announced 7,000 layoffs throughout the company and the first wave of 4,000 is reportedly set to come in the next few weeks as he looks to save the company some $5.5billion.

This round of layoffs within ESPN will have 'no sacred cows,' with even top-air talent and big-time producers at risk within the coming four to six weeks, according to The New York Post. 

Dailymail.com has reached out to ESPN for comment.

ESPN's latest round of layoff could leave everyone from the top to the bottom at risk after heads of departments were told to scrutinize their divisions by chairman Jimmy Pitaro (above)

All heads of departments reportedly have been told by ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro to scrutinize their divisions to make them as efficient as possible. 

There is said to be no target number for how many employees will be let go or for how much ESPN must save.

The sports network giant has spent heavily in recent years on its on-air talent, including $18million per year on MNF commentator Troy Aikman, $15m per year on sportscaster Joe Buck and $12m per year on popular analyst Stephen A.

Smith. 

The company is even still looking to increase its spending in order to add Pat McAfee's popular podcast show to its ranks, according to the report. 

The YouTuber and sports analyst could be on the verge of cutting off his four-year, $120m deal with FanDuel, barely a year after partnering up with the sports gambling company. 

McAfee, 35, is currently three months into the second year of his deal with the online sportsbook, and is said to only want to walk away from the sponsorship if 'he knows where he is landing,' according to.

He is reported to be in talks with other businesses, including Amazon, according to sources.

While partnerships with Google, YouTube, which just struck a big deal for NFL Sunday Ticket, or Apple are also reported possibilities. 

ESPN is also said to be embroiled in negotiations with college football national championship game-caller Chris Fowler, who reportedly makes around $3m per year. 

The two parties reportedly are far apart in negotiations but the broadcasting titan is said to want to retain Fowler and maybe even offer him a slight raise, as he is its lead college football and Grand Slam tennis voice. 

The network has spent heavily in recent years on the likes of Troy Aikman (L) and Joe Buck (R)

The company is even reportedly looking to add Pat McAfee's popular podcast show to its ranks 

But it will not offer him the same mega-money deals as the likes of Buck, Aikman or Smith. 

Those who are believed to be the most vulnerable among on-air members of staff are the ones that make near or more than seven figures but 'are not considered needle movers,' according to the report. 

Meanwhile, Smith, late-night SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt and the Monday Night Football booth are seen as 'untouchable.'

Despite looking to make cuts, ESPN is still a great source of revenue for Disney, raking in three-quarters of a billion dollars per month before a single advertisement thanks to the 74 million households paying around $10 per month for the network. 

Its new streaming service ESPN+ reportedly has 24.9 million subscribers at the cost of $9.99 per month. 

Talent such as Stephen A.

Smith (pictured) and the MNF booth are seen as 'untouchable'

In recent years ESPN has spent big on sports rights, in particular in 2021 when it agreed to pay the NFL $2.7 billion per season for two Super Bowls, and also flex scheduling on MNF, which begins this year. 

Although it remains top dog of the sports media world, during the same time period ESPN has not been immune to layoffs. 

In 2015, ESPN, which had until then avoided the cuts that had become a part of media for decades, faced 300 layoffs to behind-the-scenes personnel. 

In 2017, another 250 people were laid off, including stars like Ron Jaworski, Marc Stein and Trent Dilfer.

Finally, in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, ESPN let go 300 employees and chose not to fill 200 positions.