Udemy’s latest ‘Strategic Business Update’ uses corporate euphemisms to signal job cuts while pivoting to enterprise clients.

In October, Class Central wrote about CreativeLive shutting down on December 31, 2025. That article led to a series of events that actually saved the platform. Just two weeks before the deadline, on December 15, CourseHorse, an online marketplace of live classes, workshops, and experiences, acquired it for an undisclosed amount. The website is no longer closing at the end of the year. In 2021, Fiverr acquired it for $11 million. Four years later, in May 2025, the platform stopped accepting new

As growth falters, Coursera slashes revenue forecasts, ousts its Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and suffers a record-low stock price.

The pandemic ushered in a “new normal” in online learning, but it culminated in layoffs and stock drops.