Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire cuts 13% of staff: ‘Truly sad’

Ben Shapiro has announced that his conservative outlet, the Daily Wire, cut 13 percent of staff this year. Shapiro called the layoffs “truly sad” in a video released on social media Friday. After a report about the layoffs came out Thursday, Shapiro admitted, “It’s true.”“The Daily Wire laid off some 13 percent of our workforce since the beginning of the year. And that really sucked. It was truly sad because all those people are great,” he said.Ben Shapiro has announced that the Daily Wire cut 13 percent of staff this year (AFP via Getty Images)Shapiro said he is personally helping as many of his laid-off workers find new jobs as he can “because everybody who we let go deserves a job somewhere else. They’re great folks.”The Daily Wire was co-founded by Shapiro in 2015. The outlet describes itself as “opinionated” and “noisy.” The Independent has reached out to the Daily Wire for comment.This is a developing story...