The Washington Post plans to lay off “dozens” of employees across its business units amid financial troubles and a loss of editors, former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy reported Monday. .
Sources with more information on this issue: reportedly In what Darcy described as a “significant” reduction, the Bezos-owned publication will eliminate dozens of people from the business side. The expected layoffs follow a wave of editorial stars leaving for other publications.
Star reporter Josh Dorsey announced his resignation Monday to join the Wall Street Journal.
Who said you can’t go home? After seven and a half years at the Washington Post, I’m excited to be joining WSJ next month. The Journal is the great news organization where I started my career, and I’m grateful to be a small part of this exciting new chapter. (1/2)
— Josh Dorsey (@jdawsey1) January 6, 2025
As Darcy points out, Dorsey is joined by at least six other prominent retirees. (Liberal media outlets are eating their own stuff, and you absolutely love seeing it)
2024 is off to a rocky start to 2025 for WaPo as the paper defectes and loses a number of other longtime staffers as a result of the editorial board’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 election. It is picking up again where it left off.
The decision follows a major leadership shakeup following the resignation in June of longtime editor-in-chief Sally Buzbee. The saga over her replacement involved a massive staff revolt and culminated with Bezos appointing former Wall Street Journal publisher Will Lewis to take the helm of his outlet. reached.
Lewis is tasked with getting WaPo out of the red — the newspaper posted a $77 million loss in 2023, Lewis said. said His staff in May.
Wapo It also lost 250,000 subscribers after the deprecation, compounding what Bezos told staffers had already lost half of its subscriber base between 2020 and 2023. Lewis told staff.
They presented their views while the paper tried to steer the bleeding to a halt. WP Ventures Project led by Chrissa Thompson in December – their financial and editorial problems evolved into a full-fledged cultural issue.
“This newsroom has fallen apart,” longtime WaPo columnist Sally Jenkins tearfully told colleagues at a staff awards ceremony. According to To Darcy. “All I want for Christmas is to have this place back,” Jenkins said, adding that she and her colleagues were crying.
