"Americans woke up this morning to a nearly unrecognizable newspaper of record: Mass layoffs swept the Washington Post Wednesday, reducing the iconic media brand's staff by one-third with the elimination of approximately 300 jobs. Executive editor Matt Murray announced the cuts on a companywide video call alongside human resources officer Wayne Connell. Absent from the call were Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has owned the Post since 2013, and publisher Will Lewis."
"Among the casualties of the restructuring: The sports and books sections, multiple foreign bureaus, and the daily Post Reports podcast. DC-area readers have also lost a valued source of local news coverage-the paper's metro desk will shrink from 40 reporters to a dozen. All of the paper's photojournalists have reportedly been cut. The changes are galling but not entirely surprising for the publication, which lost an estimated $100 million in 2024."
"The Post's financial difficulties compounded after Bezos spiked the editorial board's endorsement of Kamala Harris just before the 2024 election; about 250,000 readers canceled their subscriptions in response. Since then, Bezos-who had a prime seat at Donald Trump's inauguration last year and paid $75 million via Amazon to produce a Melania Trump documentary, which premiered just days ago-has made further changes to soften the paper's criticism of the current administration, including a right-leaning overhaul of the opinion section."
Mass layoffs at the Washington Post eliminated roughly 300 jobs, cutting about one-third of staff. Executive editor Matt Murray and HR officer Wayne Connell announced the reductions on a companywide video call; owner Jeff Bezos and publisher Will Lewis were absent. Cuts eliminated the sports and books sections, multiple foreign bureaus, the daily Post Reports podcast, all photojournalists, and shrank the metro desk from 40 reporters to a dozen. The paper lost an estimated $100 million in 2024 and offered buyouts and smaller layoffs earlier. The financial decline deepened after Bezos withdrew an endorsement of Kamala Harris, triggering about 250,000 subscription cancellations and opinion-page changes.
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