When the Washington Post announced mass layoffs, in February, the company offered severance packages to the roughly three hundred and fifty staff members losing their jobs. To receive their severance, these employees would have to sign their packages... — read more
Worth a look
https://theweek.com/cartoons/5-calamitous-cartoons-about-washington-post-layoffs
Nolte — Fired Washington Post Staffers Outraged When Not Allowed to Enter Building
John Nolte’s first and last novel, Borrowed Time, is winning five-star raves from everyday readers. If you want to know why the corporate media has lost all touch with common sense and reality, take a good look at the a--holes hired by the... — read more
CEO resigns
The Washington Post’s CEO has announced he is quitting the job, days after the newspaper slashed a third of its staff. CEO and publisher Will Lewis shared the decision in a message to employees on Saturday, which was later posted on X by the paper’s... — read more
Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off
Staff members in the newsroom were told they would be getting emails with one of two subject lines, announcing that the person’s role has or hasn’t been eliminated. A Post representative confirmed that one-third of the staff would be cut, without... — read more
A journalist reporting from a war zone was just laid off
The Washington Post is an embarrassment. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgmwz0v2
Bye, bye sports desk
The Washington Post pulled the plug on its Winter Olympics coverage just two weeks before the opening ceremony. Layoffs are expected. And now, according to Puck’s Dylan Byers, rumors inside the newsroom suggest the sports desk itself could be on the... — read more
It's accelerating: Media Industry Faces 2026 Turmoil with Layoffs and AI
https://www.webpronews.com/medias-2026-reckoning-layoffs-surge-mergers-stall-ai-reshapes-newsrooms/ Media companies started 2026 with deep staff cuts. Over 17,000 jobs vanished in 2025, an 18% increase. Mergers stalled, and AI continued to... — read more
Business division only?
Any possible unpleasant surprises for the rest?
Washington Post Expected To Layoff ‘Dozens’ Of Employees In Coming Week
Staffers at The Washington Post are braced for a wave of layoffs that could reshape the paper’s future as cuts are expected to be announced this week, according to... — read more
Stealth Layoff? WaPo using elections as a pretext to force RTO on the engineering team
WaPo leadership is using elections as a pretext to force RTO on their whole engineering team, on short notice. This could be an anti-union captive audience move, or a stealth layoff, to RIF engineers without provoking the news union.
The Washington Post cuts 25 percent of tech arm, Arc XP
The Washington Post on Monday laid off 54 employees from Arc XP, the division of the company that makes and sells publishing software to other media brands, as part of what a Post spokesperson called a “refined product... — read more
Media Layoffs Mean We're Worse Off This Election Year
“When you have all of these issues combining in an election year, all these things are happening and it’s this confluence of different factors and stresses on the field that are really making it difficult for journalists to cover the stories we find... — read more
No layoffs
Enough people accepted buyouts so there will be no need for layoffs after all. I guess I was worried for no reason. I'm not happy about losing so many good folks, but at least they chose to leave instead of being cut involuntarily. All in all, this... — read more
'Washington Post' journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cuts
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/07/1217690720/washington-post-workers-strike
CEO's memo - 120 additional layoffs a possibility
In a memo to staff, Washington Post CEO Patty Stonesifer says 120 employees have accepted buyout packages. If the paper doesn't find another 120 people who will accept buyouts in the next two weeks, it will implement... — read more
Journalists to be Replaced by AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Is artificial intelligence poised to put tens of thousands of journalists out on the streets around the world? It can certainly look that way, with AI creeping into journalism and every business more and more each day. An AI-powered — and... — read more
Signs Layoffs are Coming
The most obvious sign layoffs are coming: Executives hint at layoffs using other terms, like 'restructuring' "downsizing," "reorganizing," "incremental synergies," organizational efficiency," "offshoring," "streamlining," "headcount reductions"... — read more
Were you laid off? WARN Act
The WARN Act requires an employer to notify employees, in writing, 60 days before a layoff, and pay the employee for those 60 days, in addition to any severance the employee may be entitled to. Unfortunately, some employers attempt to circumvent the... — read more
Washington Post lays off 20 newsroom employees, shuts down gaming section
The Washington Post on Tuesday became the latest media company to conduct layoffs, cutting 20 roles in a move that publisher Fred Ryan had indicated last month the newspaper would take in early 2023... — read more
Still waiting on layoffs
I wish they'd just get it over with. We've been at this since December.
Staffers Go to War With WaPo Publisher Over Layoff Shocker
https://news.yahoo.com/staffers-war-wapo-publisher-over-000000411.html
Washington Post chief announces job cuts – and refuses to answer questions
Turmoil at the Washington Post has intensified after a contentious town hall meeting on Wednesday in which the newspaper’s publisher, Fred Ryan, astounded staffers by announcing substantial job cuts to come, then quit the meeting, refusing to answer... — read more
Friday
I hear they are gonna do 500 on Friday, Hawaiian shirt day? Anyone have the list?
Signs That Layoffs Are Coming!
The most obvious sign layoffs are coming: Executives hint at layoffs using other terms, like 'restructuring' "downsizing," "reorganizing," "incremental synergies," organizational efficiency," "offshoring," "streamlining," "headcount reductions"... — read more
How will WaPo frame the Trump administration?
How will the Trump administration's affect the Washington Post? Even though it's considered a Democrat paper, I expect WaPo to soft pedal the corruption. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/educational-corruption-devos-devolution-dahn-shaulis?published=u
Is This company bought and paid for ?
Per Alexa Internet, The following partial list are of the 100 most popular websites, worldwide according to recent ranking activities. XVideos xvideos.com #54 Pornography Pornhub pornhub.com #62 Pornography xHamster xhamster.com #68 Pornography... — read more