"The top editor told workers to expect big changes ahead that would hit every corner of the newsroom and "feel like a shock to the system." "Today is about positioning ourselves to become more essential to people's lives in what has become a more crowded, competitive, and complicated media landscape," Murray said during the call. "For too long, we've operated with a structure that's too rooted in the days when we were a quasi-monopoly local newspaper.""
"The job cuts included hundreds of workers, according to a spokesperson for the Washington Baltimore News Guild, which represents the newsroom's union. The company, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is shrinking its international footprint, merging editing desks and its art team, and restructuring its D.C. metro coverage, Murray said during the call. Its daily news podcast "Post Reports" is also shuttering amid the changes."
Staffers joined a morning Zoom call as the newsroom implemented widespread layoffs after weeks of anticipation. The cuts affected journalists across sports, books, foreign affairs, and other coverage areas and included hundreds of workers, according to the newsroom's union. The company narrowed its international footprint, merged editing desks and the art team, and restructured D.C. metro coverage. The daily news podcast Post Reports was shuttered amid the changes. Leadership framed the changes as a refocusing on areas demonstrating authority and impact, prioritizing politics, national affairs, national security, science, and business while citing cost-cutting and competitive pressures.
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