Hundreds of Washington Post staffers send letter to Jeff Bezos sounding alarm over paper’s direction
A recent exodus of talent from The Washington Post has prompted more than 400 of its staffers to send an unusual letter to the Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, expressing alarm over the newspaper’s direction and asking him to intervene.
‘Deeply alarmed’: 400 Washington Post journalists demand Jeff Bezos' intervention – What went wrong?
A mass exodus at the Washington Post has prompted 400 journalists to request Jeff Bezos's intervention, citing lost trust due to recent leadership decisions and a significant drop in subscribers, following layoffs and financial struggles.
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Will Lewis's first year at 'Washington Post': Cancellations, red ink and an exodus
Subscribers and star journalists have fled the Post in its first year under CEO and Publisher Will Lewis. Now staff have signed a petition asking owner Jeff Bezos to intervene.
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Jeff Bezos' WaPo reeling from losses and 'internal drama' as Trump returns to DC: report
In her report for the Journal, Bruell notes that Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos, who bought the Post in 2013 ... of interim executive editor Matt Murray and publisher William Lewis who has still not righted the ship since his hiring.
Washington Post traffic craters, loses $100M amid identity crisis as talent, readers flee: reports
The left-leaning newspaper lost $100 million last year after four years of plunging website traffic as it struggles with a talent exodus, falling revenue and flailing readership amid an identity
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Washington Post Begs Bezos to Change Course in Striking Petition
The capital’s most prominent newspaper is asking its billionaire owner to change something before it’s too late.
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Washington Post staff begs Jeff Bezos to visit newsroom and restore ‘trust that has been lost’
Over 400 Washington Post journalists have signed a blistering petition demanding owner Jeff Bezos visit the newspaper ... paper’s most prized reporters, Lewis has been unable to convince ...
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Hundreds of Washington Post staffers send letter to Jeff Bezos sounding alarm over paper’s direction
A recent exodus of talent from The Washington Post has prompted more than 400 of its staffers to send an unusual letter to the Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos ... and CEO William Lewis by name ...
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Hundreds of Washington Post staffers send letter to Jeff Bezos sounding alarm over paper’s direction
While the letter to Bezos doesn’t mention Post publisher and CEO William Lewis by name, it strongly suggested the staff had lost faith in the newspaper’s leadership.
WaPo Editor Explains Decision to Ax Bezos, Trump Cartoon
Washington Post opinion editor David Shipley on Friday explained to staff why he didn’t publish former Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes’ depiction of the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires offering sacks of cash to Donald Trump.
Washington Post rolls out new mission statement, keeping ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ slogan
The Washington Post is rolling out a new mission statement ahead of President-elect Trump’s second term in the White House. The Post unveiled “Riveting Storytelling for All of
The Washington Post changes its mission statement to be more ‘AI-fueled’; critics call the shift ‘a thing to mourn’
The Washington Post has abandoned its powerful “Democracy Dies in Darkness” slogan. But the new mission has left readers and staff reeling; read