The Washington Post said that a third of its staff across all departments was getting laid off, so it is not just affecting the newsroom, The Associated Press reported.
Employees were told that they would get an email with one of two subject lines telling them whether or not they still had a job at the Post, the AP reported.
The newspaper, which was founded in 1877, is doing away with its Sports section, Books section and is canceling the Post Reports podcast.
It is also restructuring the Metro desk, which covers Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia and will scale back international coverage, CNN reported.
by MiddletownBooks
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Unsurprising of the Bezos propaganda machine
Well, when all you’re doing is relaying press office talking points, you don’t need quite so many reporters to do it I guess.
Sports gone too, podcasts gone, international coverage limited, Washington desk ‘restructured.’ Seems like the ‘independence’ gained by being owned by a billionaire only lasts until he needs you for something.
only the propaganda desk is open now🫠
It’s amazing how incompetent this iteration of the ultra-rich is.
If you want an effective cultural propaganda machine it has to be actually cultural.
The Bezos Post is a worthless rag. I’d wipe my ass with it if that weren’t a waste of good shit.
Irony that the guy who started by selling books, does away with the review and discussion of books.
I mean some Marketing person at Amazon is missing a big opportunity.
WaPo has been trashed by Bezos. There’s no hope.
So sad one of the great book review sections in the US
Books section canceled. Sports section canceled. Post Reports canceled. Feels like the Washington Post just admitted that content that actually matters to readers isn’t worth paying for.