Sony Corp's Entertainment division is set to make $100m in cost savings, resulting in lay-offs that will predominantly affect the firm's loss-making Sony Pictures outfit.

That's according to the New York Times, which reports that Sony Corp has hired Bain & Company to help identify cost-saving opportunitites.

Although Sony Music and Sony/ATV - the publisher in which Sony owns a 50% share - come under the Sony Entertainment banner, they both look largely protected from the redundancies.

A Sony ...