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Progressive news site HuffPost is reportedly planning to lay off 30 editorial writers this year.
“I write with painful news,” read the note sent by Huff Post editor Daniel C. Belton. “HuffPost is undergoing a significant round of job cuts due to ongoing and growing challenges to our business.”
This email was shared with a New York Times media reporter Ben Mullinindicated that HuffPost is communicating with HuffPost Union about how best to proceed.
The New York Post reported that the liberal Huff Post will lay off nearly 23 percent of its newsroom staff in the coming weeks. (Getty/Getty Images)
Suggestions for employees may include “voluntary buyout packages to some newsroom desks.”
“I know this is an uncomfortable way to start the year, and we'll be sure to share more details as quickly and clearly as possible because I believe it's important to be transparent and share information as we have it,” Belton wrote. » . “In the coming days, we will make available more information about the job cuts and HuffPost's plans for 2025 and beyond.”
HuffPost has about 132 people in its newsroom. With future job cuts, approximately 23 percent of the newsroom staff will be lost.
Other major media outlets have cut—or are planning to cut—significant portions of their workforces. Just this week, The Washington Post almost got fired 100 employees across its business segments – which account for 4% of its total workforce.
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News of HuffPost's upcoming layoffs follows The Washington Post's announcement that it will cut 4 percent of its workforce. (Andrew Harr/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The cuts followed a difficult year for the newspaper, which saw the loss of at least 250,000 subscribers and the resignation of several prominent Post employees following the decision by owner Jeff Bezos. not confirm 2024 presidential candidate
A CNN employee told Fox News Digital in November that the cable news channel plans to implement it Job cuts until Marchwhich they say will be “very meaningful” for the company. They said: “This is a time of complete and utter business model restructuring and chaos. Even in the best of circumstances, it is very difficult.”
HuffPost did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Joseph Wolfson and Brian Flood contributed to this report.