The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has begun large-scale layoffs affecting roughly one-third of its staff across all departments, according to a company spokesperson on Wednesday. The move will significantly reduce the size of the organization. Several foreign bureaus, including the entire Middle East desk, Ukraine coverage, and operations in Australia and India, have also been scaled back.
Employees were reportedly instructed via email to stay home on Wednesday morning, prompting questions from staff, former editors, and readers about Bezos’s silence and role in the decision. Many current and former employees expressed frustration, suggesting that Bezos is no longer as actively engaged with the newsroom as before.
U.S. media reports cited restructuring and financial challenges as the main reasons for the layoffs, rather than performance. Some dismissals were also linked to internal disputes or ideological differences. Former chief fact-checker Glenn Kessler wrote that Bezos appears focused on surviving under Donald Trump’s political climate rather than saving the paper, reflecting broader concerns about editorial and business decisions being influenced by non-journalistic factors.
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