This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
Category: Newspapers
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Washington Post Employees Plead With Jeff Bezos to Meet
In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.
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Washington Post Lays Off 4 Percent of Its Work Force
The layoffs will affect employees across The Post’s business operations, not its newsroom.
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The Next Chapter in the Amazon-Trump Reset
The tech company’s deal to release a film on Melania Trump has renewed scrutiny of Jeff Bezos’s efforts to get closer to the president-elect.
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Tom Johnson, Minimalist Composer and Village Voice Critic, Dies at 85
He charted the rise of musical minimalism on New York’s downtown scene in the 1970s. He later gained notice for abstract works of his own.
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Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed
The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.
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The Atlantic Beefs Up Politics Coverage Under Trump
The magazine is recruiting from a crosstown rival, The Washington Post, to bolster its political staff.
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Troy Masters, Pioneering L.G.B.T.Q. Journalist, Dies at 63
He was at the helm of several influential publications, notably Gay City News in New York City and, since 2017, The Los Angeles Blade.
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E.B. Furgurson III, Who Covered Massacre at His Newspaper, Dies at 70
After five people were killed in the newsroom, he set up a work space in the back of his pickup truck and made sure the next day’s issue was published.
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Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s public comments and actions, including recently blocking an editorial weighing in on President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks, have concerned many staff members.