Overview
- Executive editor Matt Murray announced the cuts in a company-wide Zoom meeting, followed by emails informing employees of their status.
- The overhaul eliminates the sports and books desks, suspends the Post Reports podcast, restructures Metro, and closes or reduces several foreign bureaus.
- Coverage priorities will shift toward politics, national affairs, national security, science, technology, climate and business, according to Murray's memo.
- Reports indicate more than 300 newsroom roles are included in the reductions, with the overall cut affecting roughly a third of the company.
- The Washington Post Guild and current and former staff denounced the decision, while owner Jeff Bezos has not commented publicly.