Tim Graham of the Center for Media Research says the major media's refusal to support Kamala Harris is not a sign of a “change in momentum” on the “bottom line”.
The Washington Post began laying off some of its workforce on Tuesday and cut figures for the company's business division.
This reduction did not affect the newsroom. About 4 percent of the company, or fewer than 100 people in its business divisions, will be laid off, Fox News Digital has learned. The layoffs, which began Tuesday, were first reported by The New York Times.
“The Washington Post continues to evolve to meet the needs of the industry, build a more sustainable future and reach audiences where they are,” said a Post spokesperson. “The changes to our business practices all serve our larger goal to best position Post for the future.”
A source familiar with the matter said Fox News Digital Earlier this week, while newsroom staff were exempted from future layoffs, the “morale” under publisher Will Lewis is dire due to the exodus of talent to work in different media outlets, as well as heavy financial losses and declining traffic.
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The Washington Post's layoffs began Tuesday, affecting about four percent of its workforce. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The layoffs come a year after The Post implemented bulk buyouts. It was reported that 240 personnel He took severance packages and prevented the round of layoffs at that time.
Last fall, it was reported that The Post was on track to lose $77 million in 2024, and that was the estimate before the paper lost. A staggering 250,000 subscribers As part of liberal outrage over the newspaper's decision not to support a presidential candidate in the election, a decision made by its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
The Post editorial board was not surprised. To support Vice President Kamala Harris Before Bezos' intervention, since the paper began offering White House endorsements in 1976, the paper has endorsed the Democratic nominee in every race except 1988, when it endorsed none.
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Bezos' Washington Post lost more than $77 million in 2024. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
A number of prominent staffers at the paper have announced their departures for other outlets in recent weeks, including reporters Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer and Tyler Page, columnist Charles Lane and editor Mattia Gold.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnis resigned from the paper last week after her bosses rejected her illustration of Bezos snarling at President-elect Donald Trump.
Fox News Digital also learned of The Post's plans to reassign “gender columnist” Monica Hesse after an article she wrote was “killed” by editors.
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The Washington Post is set to replace Monica Hesse as the paper's “gender columnist” after an article she wrote was killed by editors. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Bezos previously mentioned making corrections to the newspaper in an article defending the non-endorsement decision.
“Most people believe that the media is biased. Anyone who doesn't see that doesn't pay enough attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose,” Bezos said. Wrote in October. “Truth is an undefeatable champion. It's easy to blame others for our long and continuous decline in credibility (and thus diminishing impact), but a victim mentality doesn't help. Complaining is not a strategy. We have to work harder. Control what we can to increase our credibility.”