A large chunk of ESPN employees won’t be feeling the holiday spirit this winter.

ESPN is planning another round of layoffs in late November or early December, according to a Sporting News report, a little more than six months after more than 100 employees were sent packing from the Worldwide Leader.

The ax could come down on 40 to 60 people, both on-air TV and radio personalities and production staffers, multiple sources told the website.

It’s possible the brains and faces behind ESPN’s flagship program, “SportsCenter,” could be targeted, Sporting News reported, even after the network committed the past year to promoting new editions of the show: “SportsCenter AM” with Sage Steele, Jay Harris and Randy Scott and “SC6” with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith, to name two.

While ESPN has generally enjoyed more positive ratings than its network rivals — its “Monday Night Football” program was the only NFL package with better year-over-year ratings through Week 7, according to Sports Business Daily — many believe the sports behemoth still is recovering from billion-dollar TV deals it inked with the NFL and NBA while subscriber numbers were dropping.

A handful of veteran ESPNers took to social media with heavy hearts April 26 to announce they had been included in the layoffs. NFL reporter Ed Werder, radio host Danny Kanell, NFL analyst Trent Dilfer, baseball writer Jayson Stark, sideline reporter Britt McHenry and college basketball reporter Andy Katz were all let go in the spring.

Since then, ESPN has had to navigate an array of controversies, which had critics questioning the company’s standards and leadership.

President John Skipper suspended Hill in early October, citing a “second violation of our social media guidelines” after she suggested on Twitter that people could boycott advertisers over the response to national anthem protests. The “SportsCenter” anchor had previously gotten herself in hot water for calling President Donald Trump a “white supremacist” on Twitter.

This week, Skipper announced he was canceling “Barstool Van Talk” after just one episode because he had misjudged ESPN’s ability to separate the popular comedy podcast, “Pardon My Take,” from its owner, controversial website Barstool Sports. Doubts over the partnership exploded after “Sunday NFL Countdown” host Samantha Ponder lashed out at Barstool on Twitter for sexist comments that president David Portnoy made about her in 2014.

Recently, ESPN has shown a commitment to re-purposing itself toward digital viewership, as more sports fans each year shed cable TV packages for online streaming services. In spring 2018, ESPN plans to launch an online subscription package that will offer more than 10,000 live sporting events per year.