Jeff Bezos remains committed to Washington Post amid brutal layoffs, top editor Matt Murray says
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Key Points:
- Jeff Bezos remains committed to The Washington Post and supports its "reinvention" despite recent layoffs, according to executive editor Matt Murray, who emphasized Bezos's non-interference in editorial matters.
- The Post laid off roughly one-third of its workforce, including over 300 newsroom employees, sparking doubts among journalists about the sustainability of cutting staff to achieve growth and leading some to hope Bezos might sell the paper.
- Bezos has privately urged management to reverse the Post's financial losses and return it to profitability, while publisher Will Lewis has been focused on developing alternative revenue sources and improving the digital subscription business.
- Concerns have been raised by staff about perceived editorial shifts favoring political interests connected to Bezos's business ventures, but Murray highlighted the newsroom's ongoing
