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LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Lakers underwent a round of layoffs on Wednesday, affecting multiple departments across the franchise, multiple sources familiar with the situation confirmed to the Southern California News Group.<\/p>\n

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Team employees in communications, content, partnerships and other departments were part of Wednesday\u2019s layoffs, totaling more than a dozen people, a source familiar with the layoffs told SCNG.<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Dave McMenamin was the first to report news of the layoffs.<\/p>\n

Since Mark Walter officially became majority owner of the franchise in October, buying the franchise at a $10 billion valuation from the Buss family, the organization has evolved as fresh faces from across town have entered the room.<\/p>\n

Lon Rosen, who had served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer for the Dodgers since 2012, replaced Tim Harris as the president of business operations. Walter and Rosen have since brought in Ryan Kantor as vice president of global partnerships, Jessica Park as director of global partnerships, and Michael Spetner as chief strategy and growth officer among other new additions to the franchise.<\/p>\n

Kantor, Park and Spetner formerly worked for the Dodgers under Rosen. Walter, who is the Lakers\u2019 controlling owner while Jeanie Buss continues to serve as governor, is the chairman of Guggenheim Baseball Management, the consortium that owns the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

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On the basketball side, input from the Dodgers has been notable as well. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and special advisor Farhan Zaidi have had a role in the reorganization of the Lakers\u2019 front office, which has included President of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka hiring two assistant general managers beneath him during the offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think both organizations are gonna learn from each other,\u201d Rosen said in an interview with local media on Feb. 24, days after his hiring. \u201cI don\u2019t know where it\u2019s all gonna fall. People say, \u2018The Dodgers are this gold standard.\u2019 And you know what, we do a really nice job there. And the job (with the Lakers) is, I\u2019ve been to a lot of games here. I know their business model is very successful, so I just gotta make sure I don\u2019t mess it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Lakers hired the first of their assistant GMs on Tuesday, when they tapped former New Orleans Pelicans executive Rohan Ramadas to become the franchise\u2019s assistant GM of strategy and data systems. The second assistant GM hire will be focused on scouting, the draft and player development, Pelinka said at his end-of-season press conference two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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