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The Washington Post under Jeff Bezos is hit with crushing layoffs
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February 7, 2026
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8:18Now PlayingThis week, The Washington Post suffered mass layoffs that gutted the venerable newspaper’s staff by a third. Billionaire owner Jeff Bezos was once lauded for his stewardship of The Post. But former deputy editor Ruth Marcus writes, “He seems content to let the paper limp along, diminished in size and ambition.”
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