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# RealNetworks To Lay Off 70
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/realnetworks-to-lay-off-70/
- Published: 2009-11-05T13:07:45.000Z
- Updated: 2009-11-05T13:07:45.000Z
- Description: Following a slightly profit report to shareholders last week that included a continuing downturn in subscribers to its Rhapsody music service, RealNetworks is laying of 70 or about 4% of. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/11/realnetworks-to-lay-off-70.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![Layoff](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a6573f30970b-120wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a6573f30970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Following a slightly profit [report to shareholders](https://www.hypebot.com/realnetworks-reports-profit-but-subscribers-down/) last week that included a continuing [downturn in subscribers ](https://www.hypebot.com/realnetworks-reports-profit-but-subscribers-down/)to its Rhapsody music service, RealNetworks is laying of 70 or about 4% of its 1700 person workforce according to [All Things Digital](http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091105/realnetworks-to-lay-off-four-percent-of-staff-today/?reflink=ATD%5Fyahoo%5Fticker&ref=hypebot.com).

This round of layoffs come a year after RealNetworks let go of 130 abiut a year ago and just days after the mighty Microsoft pink slipped 800 as part of a program to cut 5000 from it's workforce.