"State of play: The perceived lack of empathy from top management and the company's billionaire owner Jeff Bezos is compounding the fury. As of Wednesday night, neither CEO Will Lewis nor Bezos had made any public statements about the cuts, which will impact roughly 30% of the Post's staff. "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations," the Post's celebrated former editor-in-chief Marty Baron said in a lengthy statement."
"The Post's challenges, he said, "were made infinitely worse by ill-conceived decisions that came from the very top -from a gutless order to kill a presidential endorsement 11 days before the 2024 election to a remake of the editorial page that now stands out only for its moral infirmity." "We are witnessing a murder at The Washington Post," wrote longtime former Post reporter Ashley Parker. "This massacre will be the enduring legacy of Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis and the leadership who stood by.""
Roughly 30% of The Washington Post's staff faced layoffs that provoked anger over an apparent lack of empathy from top management and owner Jeff Bezos. Neither CEO Will Lewis nor Bezos issued public statements about the cuts. Former editor Marty Baron called the moment among the darkest in the paper's history and blamed top-level decisions, citing a late move to kill a presidential endorsement and a morally infirm editorial-page remake. Former reporter Ashley Parker called the cuts a 'murder' and 'massacre' that will define Bezos and Lewis's legacy. The Post's workforce fell by about 400 people over three years, including roughly 75 layoffs at Arc XP.
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