{"id":1822603,"date":"2023-01-24T17:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1822603"},"modified":"2023-01-24T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:24:30","slug":"washington-post-hit-with-biden-era-layoffs-as-subscriptions-plummet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-hit-with-biden-era-layoffs-as-subscriptions-plummet\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Hit With Biden-Era Layoffs as Subscriptions Plummet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-post-hit-with-biden-era-layoffs-as-subscriptions-plummet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1822603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<\/p>\n<p>Trump was correct: &#8220;All media forms will sink if I&#8217;m absent&#8221;     <\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post\u00a0began to lay off some employees on Tuesday, less than a week after billionaire owner Jeff Bezos <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/report-bezos-sits-in-wapo-meeting-as-editors-shape-coverage-about-amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made an appearance<\/a> At a newsroom meeting. The paper will eliminate 20 positions currently held by employees and leave 30 vacant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <em>Post<\/em> Mid-December saw Fred Ryan, publisher of the book, announce that the company was planning to lay off. &#8220;single-digit percentage&#8221; It employs 2,500 people. In November, the <em>Post<\/em> It closed its Sunday magazine and laid off 10 staff members, including its Sunday editor. &#8220;Pulitzer Prize-winning dance critic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The journalism industry has been wracked by layoffs since President Joe Biden took office and former president Donald Trump retreated from public view. CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/fake-news-downsizing-cnn-boss-alerts-employees-of-massive-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired<\/a> Vox Media did the exact same for hundreds of staff in December, citing the &#8220;economic climate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>They are saying this:<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post Guild offered a firm response to the firings. &#8220;We believe any job eliminations right now\u2014at a time of continued growth and expansion\u2014are unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact check<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Post<\/em> is definitely not\u00a0in the midst of &#8220;a time of continued growth and expansion.&#8221; The paper lost half of a million <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/washington-post-biden-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribers<\/a> Trump&#8217;s January 2021 departure marked a decline in the economy of about 20%. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/donald-trump-washington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lose money<\/a> In 2022, after many years of profitability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom line<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Trump frequently claimed that he was\u00a0&#8220;the best thing to ever happen&#8221; To mainstream media outlets such as the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. &#8220;Newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if I&#8217;m not there,&#8221; He predicted it in 2017. &#8220;Without me, their ratings are going down the tubes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He was correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post\u00a0began to lay off some employees on Tuesday, less than a week after billionaire owner Jeff Bezos made an appearance at a newsroom meeting. 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