STORY: The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, began widespread layoffs on Wednesday (February 4), in a move that will drastically shrink the size of the newspaper.
That's according to a recording of a company-wide call shared with Reuters.
A spokesperson for the newspaper said the cuts will impact a third of all employees.
Executive Editor Matt Murray told employees the reductions will hit international, editing, metro and sports desks.
The announcement comes just days after the paper scaled back its coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics amid mounting financial losses.
News outlets have struggled for years to maintain a sustainable business model in the digital era.
And The Post is undergoing wrenching changes to readership and revenue.
Last year, it made changes across several business functions and announced job cuts.
Bezos, who bought the newspaper in 2013, had previously said he would preserve the Post's journalistic tradition, but has also warned that there would have to be change too.
In recent years, The Post has clashed with some of its journalists.
Reporters criticized Bezos after the newspaper decided not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
More than 200,000 people canceled their digital subscriptions as a result.
U.S. President Donald Trump was a critic of Bezos during his first term in office over what he called unfair coverage by The Post.
But in March last year he praised Bezos, saying he was doing "a real job" with the publication.
