US EditionWashington Post reporters implore Bezos to #SaveThePost ahead of expected layoffs
Washington Post journalists urge Jeff Bezos to stop layoffs that may cut up to half the newsroom, threatening sports and foreign desks essential for national and international coverage.
- On Jan 26, The Washington Post sports staff responded on social media after The New York Times reported an internal memo said no contingent would attend the Winter Olympics, but The Washington Post later said it would send four journalists to Milan.
- Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, purchased the paper in 2013 and hired William Lewis as publisher, while recent years saw about 240 job cuts in 2023 amid shrinking ad revenue and subscriptions.
- Puck's Dylan Byers reported the sports desk could be shuttered entirely, with editors telling foreign correspondents that half the newsroom and as many as 300 employees face cuts.
- Multiple editors and writers at The Washington Post resigned amid turmoil, with an FBI search of a reporter's home and National Public Radio reporting 200,000 subscriber cancellations.
- Management set a mission aiming for `Riveting Storytelling for All of America` and 200 million paying users while paid readership fell to three million; the Metro section was eliminated June 2025 and buyouts in 2025 signaled ongoing retrenchment.
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Up to 300 jobs are to be deleted. In particular, the sports and foreign editors are concerned. More than 60 employees turn to the owner in a fire letter.
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Fearing major layoffs, current and former Posties rally around #SaveThePost campaign
The Washington Post newsroom, whose journalists have continued to deliver essential reporting in an unrelenting news cycle (not to mention one reporter being subject to an FBI raid), is expecting deep layoffs to hit in early February. The layoffs would follow mass staff departures from the newspaper amid internal and external blowback to editorial decisions under billionaire owner Jeff Bezos. The Guardian and Status both reported that more than …
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