Staff at The Washington Post are reportedly bracing for layoffs as newsroom morale plummets following the exodus of top talent from Jeff Bezos' Broadsheet.
The impending job cuts are expected to affect “dozens” of employees across the business and could be announced as early as this week. According to Oliver Darcy of Status Newsletter.
News of the expected layoffs was announced Friday, shortly after Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Ternas resigned from the Washington Post. Anne Ternas resigned in protest of the newspaper's decision not to publish a cartoon depicting Bezos and other billionaires snubbing President-elect Donald. Mr. Trump.
The Washington Post has suffered another blow as one of its top political reporters, Josh Dorsey, is leaving the paper to take a job at the Wall Street Journal. Darcy reported in Status magazine over the weekend.
Dorsey, known for his scoops and investigative reporting, will start a new job as a political investigative reporter for the Journal next month, Status reported.
last month, Pac News reported Dorsey and White House correspondent Tyler Pager were two of several Washington Post staffers who were “considering transfers or have already decided to leave,” the statement said.
The Journal's parent company, Dow Jones, is owned by News Corp., the Post's parent company.
Last week, two other senior Washington Post political reporters, Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, left the paper, leaving the magazine owned by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. I got a new job at The Atlantic.
In late October, two Washington Post staffers resigned from the editorial board in protest of Mr. Bezos' decision to block his endorsement of Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.
Bezos said the move to block the endorsement was made to boost public confidence in the paper's impartiality.
But newspaper readers were outraged by the move. According to reports, as many as 250,000 subscribers canceled their memberships as a result.
Amazon's founder denied the decision was motivated by a desire to court President Trump in order to protect other business interests.
Amazon Prime, the streaming video service run by the e-commerce giant founded by Bezos, announced over the weekend that it had acquired exclusive rights to a documentary that would provide an “unprecedented behind-the-scenes” look into the life of President Melania Trump. Former and future First Lady.
During Trump's first term, the then-president frequently attacked Bezos, citing The Washington Post's critical coverage of his administration.
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the e-commerce company lost out on a lucrative cloud computing contract with the Department of Defense. A contract was signed with Microsoft.
Bezos appears to be looking to renew his relationship with the next president.
Last month, Bezos donated $1 million to President Trump's inaugural fund through Amazon. Although Bezos stepped down as CEO in 2021, he remains the company's largest shareholder.
A Washington Post spokeswoman declined to comment.
