"The biggest mistake one could make in analyzing this corporate slaughter is to lay the blame solely on the state of journalism. That'd be wrong. Times are hard in journalism, just like they always are. The big new problem is A.I. swallowing up search traffic, which itself had already sucked up the ad revenue that used to go to newspapers and magazines."
"The Post laid off 300 journalists on Wednesday. This included more or less the entire remaining staff of the paper's legendary sports section, which produced several of the best writers to ever do the job. The days of the superstar columnist with the biggest megaphone in town were long gone, but the section remained tremendous. The paper slashed its international coverage, laying off a journalist who found out as she reported from Kyiv. Many editors across desks lost their jobs."
Jeff Bezos's ownership led to mass layoffs that stripped the Washington Post of much of its institutional journalism, including 300 journalists and most of the sports desk. The paper cut international reporting, including a journalist who learned of her layoff while reporting from Kyiv, and reduced metro coverage that served the Washington region. A.I.-driven search traffic loss and the prior collapse of ad revenue worsened the economic pressures. Corporate consolidation, partisan cable news, social media, and podcasters altered audience patterns. Editors and reporters across desks lost jobs, and executive leadership framed the reductions as necessary business decisions.
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