The Washington Post announced that it is eliminating less than 100 positions, in layoffs that will impact about 4% of its total staff. A Post spokesperson indicated that the job reductions would be in the business side of the publication.

“The layoffs will affect employees across The Post’s business operations, not its newsroom … The bulk of the eliminated positions are coming from The Post’s advertising division. Johanna Mayer-Jones, The Post’s chief advertising officer, said in a memo to employees on Tuesday that 73 positions under her purview were being eliminated.” —

The owner of the "Washington Post," Jeff Bezos, announced the layoff of about four percent of the newspaper's employees, which amounts to close to 100 people, as reported by BBC News on Wednesday. Media outlets note that this decision will likely exacerbate the already serious crisis in the newspaper's editorial office.