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        <title><![CDATA[Quibi staffers seethe at Reese Witherspoon’s $6M payday amid layoffs]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quibi staff are seething on the savanna after Reese Witherspoon was paid $6 million to narrate a nature show on the troubled platform where her husband works.</p><p>Witherspoon voices the show “Fierce Queens,” which gives a feminist slant to nature docs by exploring heroic female animals including cheetahs, hyenas and ant queens, telling viewers: “Imagine a world where females call all the shots.”</p><p>But Page Six is told that the show, produced by the BBC’s Natural History Unit, has been one of the weakest performers on Quibi, as one source said: “Quibi may have to implement cutbacks, and people are fuming that stars like Reese got paid millions.”</p><p>Witherspoon’s husband, Jim Toth, recently left his high-profile gig at CAA after 23 years to work at Jeffrey Katzenberg’s startup as head of content acquisition and talent.</p><p>A huge roster of stars — from J.Lo to LeBron James — were hired to make content. But after launching a service that offers supershort programming, aimed at commuters and people on the go, Quibi’s “quick bites” <strong>have been a bad fit for viewers</strong> stuck in lockdown.</p><p>The source told us that Quibi has already cut overtime for its lowest-level staffers and quietly let go of others, adding: “The mood is dark.”</p><p>It’s now fallen out of Apple’s Top 200 apps, while Sensor Tower, which measures apps’ performance, now has it at 1,007.</p><p>Hypebeast reported on Tuesday that with over $1.7 billion in funding, <strong>Quibi has no shortage of cash</strong>, but its subscription service and ad revenue are crucial to continuing to make content. And, more worryingly, most subscribers are coming to the end of their free 90-day trials.</p><p>As of May, one month after launch, it recorded more than 3.5 million app downloads and 1.3 million active users, disappointing figures for co-founder and former Disney studio boss Katzenberg. “It’s not up to what we wanted,” <strong>he said in May</strong>. “It’s not close to what we wanted.”</p><p>Reps for Quibi and Witherspoon were unavailable for comment.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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