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The Washington Post will reportedly eliminate its sports section, make deep cuts to its local coverage, and get rid of its books section on Wednesday, amid layoffs that may hit 300 people across departments.
The downsizing represents “yet another blow to a newsroom that has already been pushed to its limits and a disservice to the readers who rely on The Post for rigorous, independent journalism,” the Washington-Baltimore News Guild said in a statement.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought the Post in 2013 and initially lavished it with funding and ambition, but his bullishness on the paper has receded during President Trump’s second term. Publisher Will Lewis said in 2024 that the paper had lost more than $177 million in the previous two years, a situation that wasn’t helped by Bezos yanking the editorial board’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and restructuring of its opinion section, which now leans rightward. Subscribers fled, and NPR reports that the number of subscriptions now is “far below” a high-water mark of 3 million.
Read more here: https://washingtonian.com/2026/02/04/washington-post-kills-sports-section-amid-mass-layoffs/
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