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Washington Post Lays Off 4% of Workforce Following Reader Exodus over Harris Non-Endorsement

HeadlineJan 08, 2025

The Washington Post announced Tuesday it will lay off 4% of its workforce, or nearly 100 people. The layoffs come just weeks after the Post’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos blocked an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the November election. By The Washington Post’s own count, Bezos’s decision prompted 250,000 readers to cancel their subscriptions in protest. 

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