Another 30 open positions will not be filled, according to a note sent to staff.
by CEO Fred Ryan in December. At least 60 people had joined The Washington Post's union since that meeting."Newsroom leaders made these decisions after a thoughtful and deliberate review of our current roles and vacant positions," Buzbee wrote in the note obtained by Axios.
"We prioritized the elimination of vacancies to minimize the impact on employees. We are also eliminating currently filled positions we concluded are not essential to serving our competitive needs," the note stated.As a part of the shakeup, The Post is also shutting down Launcher, its online gaming vertical, and KidsPost, according to two sources familiar with the changes.
Employees had received invitations to meetings scheduled later in the day with senior newsroom executives, the sources said."While the number of people affected is reportedly far smaller than what Publisher Fred Ryan initially alluded to in his layoff announcement at last month’s town hall, we believe any job eliminations right now are unacceptable," the union said. "The number should be zero.
The company had said in December that it planned to eliminate a single-digit percentage of its workforce.
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