The Latest Breaking News from Matt Murray

On Wednesday, storied newspaper axed nearly one-third of company after earlier unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos

The Washington Post on Wednesday announced sweeping layoffs that will significantly shrink its newsroom. The Post eliminated its sports section, large parts of its foreign coverage and its storied books division, in what current and former staff described as one of the darkest moments in the paper’s history.

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

Media organisations and professionals have denounced the new Pentagon restrictions as unconstitutional, describing it as an attack on the first amendment, which guarantees freedom of the press.

‘Since last June, Lewis has gone into what a number of Post staffers described as a state of hiding,’ the New Yorker reported this week, adding that Will Lewis appears to have also had a falling out with his executive editor

CoinDesk CEO Sara Stratoberdha told editorial staff on Friday that editor-in-chief Kevin Reynolds and two deputies were let go.

The crypto exchange Bullish purchased CoinDesk in late 2023 for close to $75 million.

New publisher Will Lewis’s heavy-handed moves alienated a great staff

With business headwinds growing stronger, news leaders know they can't afford to push off changes any longer.