Overview
- Foreign correspondents sent a plea to Jeff Bezos to protect global coverage, and staff launched a #SaveThePost campaign as the Newspaper Guild publicly opposed further cuts.
- No company-wide plan has been announced, but reporting points to early February for decisions, ranging from roughly 100 newsroom roles to as many as 300 jobs across the company.
- Foreign staffers were told not to travel to crisis zones after Feb. 1, a directive widely interpreted in coverage as a sign of imminent reductions.
- Editors initially pulled plans to send a full team to the 2026 Winter Olympics before approving a smaller contingent, and sports travel, including for spring training, was curtailed.
- The expected reductions follow prior buyouts in 2023 and 2025 and reports that the Post lost about $100 million in 2024, intensifying concerns about the paper’s international footprint and safety of local contractors.