The Washington Post will see a new wave of layoffs in the first quarter of 2023, publisher Fred Ryan announced in a town hall on Wednesday, ending a tumultous year at the historic newsroom on a sobering note.
does not permit live questions. The guild is currently bargining a new contract with the paper.Post
source—Ryan consolidated questions solely on the layoffs. After the announcement, Ryan ended the call without taking further questions, including ones shouted by Guild members, according to a video posted by national political reporter Annie Gowan.said the cuts would not result in a net headcount reduction, claiming it would ramp up investment in other areas of the newsroom throughout 2023.
CNN, BuzzFeed, and Gannett all drastically slashed their workforces earlier this month—including a six percent reduction in Gannett’s news staff—while NPR announced it would impose a hiring freeze and slash its budgets. The public radio service also canceled its 2023 summer internship program, citing economic woes.
The news caps a head-spinning year for the paper, which thrived during the Trump administration but has seen its subscribers fall and its revenue dwindle in the years since. Earlier this year, and shortly after the one-year mark for executive editor Sally Buzbee, the paper suspended its star political reporter David Weigel after a sexist retweet was called out by political breaking news reporter
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