of washington post It reportedly plans to lay off dozens of employees in the coming days. The news comes after the magazine came under fire for not endorsing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris during the November presidential election, which was won by Donald Trump.
in his article published About Status, Oliver Darcy I wrote On Sunday, we heard that layoffs are set to hit the business unit of the newspaper company owned by Jeff Bezos and led by Will Lewis. A person familiar with the matter said the layoffs would be significant. , said dozens of employees will be affected.
Bezos is reportedly shaking up society post After deciding not to support Harris, according to Breitbart News.
Darcy continued.
Morale at newspapers, which have been in dire straits due to a staff exodus in recent weeks, is certain to be further dented by the layoffs. As previously reported, star reporter Josh Dorsey is leaving the Post to take a job at the Wall Street Journal. His resignation followed the departure of other top staffers, including Mattea Gold, Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer, Charles Lane, Tyler Pager and Amanda Katz.
The newspaper is in financial trouble, and “problems were made worse by Mr. Bezos' blocking of the Post's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris ahead of the November election; “More than 250,000 readers have canceled their subscriptions,” he added.
In November, postAccording to Breitbart News, the paper's senior political editor claimed the paper removed him.
After deciding not to support Harris, Bezos expressed his “huge congratulations” on Trump's “extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory.”
According to Breitbart News, Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has major contracts with the U.S. government.
Meanwhile, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Anne Ternes has resigned from the association. post Breitbart News reported on Sunday:
“I have worked as an editorial cartoonist at the Washington Post since 2008. I have experienced feedback, productive conversations, and some differences from editors on the cartoons I submitted for publication. But in all that time, I've never had a comic die because of who I aimed my pen at or for what I aimed it at,” Ternaes said.
