ATG HALVES ITS WORK FORCE.(Artists Television Group)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 2001

Michael Ovitz' troubled Artists Television Group last week laid off 18 of its 38 employees, and Ovitz is talking with Paramount and Sony about production deals. The former Disney exec and powerful agent reportedly lost more than $50 million with ATG, whose four prime time series launched last year failed.

It's producing The Ellen Show for CBS and Lost in the U.S.A. for The WB this fall.