No surprise it sounds like ESPN will do this right during the middle of draft hysteria to minimize coverage. From SI sports media reporter Richard Deitsch:

You are going to be reading a lot about ESPN’s layoffs over the next couple of weeks. It’s a major business story inside and outside the sports media, and there will be significant on-air names affected at ESPN. I’ve heard from people I trust that employees in Bristol will be informed as early as tomorrow. The numbers will be larger than previously reported. It is not a fun story to report.

Well, who won’t it be? My guess is anyone in Philly for the draft is safe. It sounds like virtually everyone else but the biggest names – Neil Everett, Mike Greenberg, Stephen A. Smith, Scott Van Pelt, Bomani Jones, Jemele Hill, etc. – could be let go.

Previously, Deitsch and James Miller said it could be up to 40-50 on-air personalities.