Report Says Washington Post Lost Over 60,000 Subscribers After Mass Layoffs

Overview

• The New York Times reported more than 60,000 digital subscribers canceled within a week of the February cuts, a figure The Post disputed without offering a replacement number.
• Roughly 350 reporters — about 44% of the newsroom — were laid off, according to the report.
• The restructuring closed the sports, arts, and books sections, gutted metro coverage, and eliminated most international correspondent and editor roles.
• A revised plan followed Jeff Bezos’s rejection of an earlier proposal as insufficiently data-based, using reader metrics to weigh coverage against cost.
• Former CEO Will Lewis resigned days after the layoffs, with his Super Bowl appearance cited in the report as a last straw, and CFO Jeff D’Onofrio was named interim CEO and publisher.