Washington Post Cuts 1/3 of Staff After $100 Million Loss as Bezos Called It His Worst Investment
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Washington Post Cuts 1/3 of Staff After $100 Million Loss as Bezos Called It His Worst Investment
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Summary
One-third of The Washington Post’s staff was laid off in February 2026, with the paper shutting its sports section, books coverage and several foreign bureaus.
A forthcoming book says Jeff Bezos had already told Donald Trump at a December 2024 dinner that the Post was his “worst investment” after it lost more than $100 million and ignored his direction.
That dinner followed the Post’s decision to withhold a 2024 presidential endorsement, a move that triggered subscriber cancellations and internal backlash.
Bezos then pushed a narrower editorial line in February 2025 around “personal liberties and free markets”; opinion editor David Shipley resigned after the shift.
Days after the layoffs, publisher and CEO Will Lewis stepped down and CFO Jeff D’Onofrio became interim CEO and publisher, underscoring the paper’s broader upheaval.