Washington Post begins sweeping layoffs as it sharply scales back news coverage
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The Washington Post is making sweeping job cuts to its newsroom, scaling back foreign coverage and shutting down some sections of the paper. Edited by Alain Sherter In:
The Washington Post is making sweeping job cuts to its newsroom, scaling back foreign coverage and shutting down some sections of the paper.
Executive editor Matt Murray announced the layoffs during a Zoom call with employees on Wednesday. The New York Times reported that hundreds of journalists would be impacted.
Barry Svrluga, a sports columnist at the Post, said on social media the media outlet plans to close its sports department in its "current form," citing comments made by Murray during Wednesday's call. The Post also plans to shrink the number of journalists it stations overseas.
A spokesperson for the newspaper didn't immediately reply to a request for comment.
The announcement follows days of speculation that the company, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was planning to make cuts to its foreign, sports and local desks.
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