Matt Murray
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This meeting for our newsroom, I want to share that the actions we're taking include a broad strategic reset with a significant staff reduction.
Unfortunately, we are grappling and have been with just major changes in the way sports news is delivered.
We will continue to have a strategic overseas presence in close to a dozen locations.
The entire books department at the Post was cut.
As I said before, these moves are painful.
This is a tough day.
Now I want to turn it over to Wayne Connell.
Wayne will be sharing more about the next steps in today's timeline.
Executive editor Matt Murray addressed the entire newsroom by Zoom Wednesday morning.
Murray called the cuts a strategic reset, as the paper's readers preferred coverage of national politics and national security.
Bezos is the founder of Amazon and one of the world's richest people.
He bought the paper in 2013 and invested in it deeply, saying it needed to innovate to survive.
Now he demanded deep cuts to stem years of red ink.
Former executive editors Marty Baron and Marcus Browkley questioned the strategy...
Notably, the paper's chief executive and publisher, Will Lewis, did not address the newsroom and has not so far spelled out the roadmap for the path ahead.
Executive editor Matt Murray addressed the entire newsroom by Zoom Wednesday morning.
Murray called the cuts a strategic reset as the paper's readers preferred coverage of national politics and national security.
Bezos is the founder of Amazon and one of the world's richest people.
He bought the paper in 2013 and invested in it deeply, saying it needed to innovate to survive.