Fred Business News - Walt Disney Co. said Friday it would cut jobs in its animation unit as the media company sought to be flexible in the timing of its films.

 

A company source said that about 20 percent of a work force of about 800 animators and other workers - roughly 160 people in the Southern California unit - would be affected.

 

Pixar, the computer animation unit acquired by Disney, was seen avoiding cuts as it had an "appropriate number of employees," the source said.

 

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