The Washington Post cut 20 newsroom positions on Tuesday, the latest media company to undergo a round of job cuts amid turbulence throughout media and publishing.
Sally Buzbee, executive editor of the Post, said in a memo to employees that another 30 open positions would be eliminated.
She said that, in deciding which positions to cut, they identified those that “are not essential to serving our competitive needs.”
“All employees impacted by these changes are eligible to apply for posted positions, and the Newsroom’s recruiting team will reach out to each one to discuss this process and help identify available roles,” she wrote to staffers. She added that they are offering a separation package that includes severance and continued health insurance coverage.
“While such changes are not easy, evolution is necessary for us to stay competitive, and the economic climate has guided our decision to act now. We believe these steps...
Sally Buzbee, executive editor of the Post, said in a memo to employees that another 30 open positions would be eliminated.
She said that, in deciding which positions to cut, they identified those that “are not essential to serving our competitive needs.”
“All employees impacted by these changes are eligible to apply for posted positions, and the Newsroom’s recruiting team will reach out to each one to discuss this process and help identify available roles,” she wrote to staffers. She added that they are offering a separation package that includes severance and continued health insurance coverage.
“While such changes are not easy, evolution is necessary for us to stay competitive, and the economic climate has guided our decision to act now. We believe these steps...
- 1/24/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
New York, Jan 20 (Ians) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a rare appearance at The Washington Post headquarters amid layoff fears at the publishing giant that has been battling declining ad revenue and stalled online subscription growth, the media reported.
According to a report in The New York Times, Bezos, who bought the news organisation in 2013, “made a rare appearance in the newsroom, joining the morning news meeting for the first time in more than a year.”
“I’m delighted to be here and see all these faces… Let’s have a news meeting,” he told the senior staff present in the meeting on Thursday.
The billionaire sat close to The Post’s top editor, Sally Buzbee, and the publisher, Fred Ryan.
“Jeff is here for in-person meetings with Fred, Sally and staff across the newsroom,” a Post spokesperson was quoted as saying.
Bezos bought The Post for 250 million, “adding newsroom...
According to a report in The New York Times, Bezos, who bought the news organisation in 2013, “made a rare appearance in the newsroom, joining the morning news meeting for the first time in more than a year.”
“I’m delighted to be here and see all these faces… Let’s have a news meeting,” he told the senior staff present in the meeting on Thursday.
The billionaire sat close to The Post’s top editor, Sally Buzbee, and the publisher, Fred Ryan.
“Jeff is here for in-person meetings with Fred, Sally and staff across the newsroom,” a Post spokesperson was quoted as saying.
Bezos bought The Post for 250 million, “adding newsroom...
- 1/20/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Updated, with comment from the Post’s Fred Ryan: Representatives from CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post met with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to talk about new rules designed to limit prosecutors from subpoenaing journalists’ records in an effort to find their sources.
The meeting came after the three media outlets reported that some of their journalists had received notice that federal prosecutors had secretly obtained phone and email data starting during the Trump administration. The disclosure apparently was connected to leak investigations.
President Joe Biden has called such a practice “simply, simply wrong,” and the Justice Department subsequently announced a change in policy to no longer seek subpoenas to obtain such records during leak investigations. But the news outlets and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press said that they had a series of unanswered questions as to how the seizure of records happened,...
The meeting came after the three media outlets reported that some of their journalists had received notice that federal prosecutors had secretly obtained phone and email data starting during the Trump administration. The disclosure apparently was connected to leak investigations.
President Joe Biden has called such a practice “simply, simply wrong,” and the Justice Department subsequently announced a change in policy to no longer seek subpoenas to obtain such records during leak investigations. But the news outlets and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press said that they had a series of unanswered questions as to how the seizure of records happened,...
- 6/14/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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