Jeff Bezos Cuts Hundreds of Jobs at The Washington Post as 'The Washington Sun' Launches Local News Push

Hundreds of staff are being laid off at The Washington Post under owner Jeff Bezos, according to a report framing the cuts as a demolition of the paper by its own owner, described as close to the government. The article notes that the Post once uncovered the Watergate scandal, which brought down President Nixon, and contrasts that history with its current situation. It asks why the dismantling is happening. The same report announces a new outlet, «The Washington Sun», which it says is betting on local journalism, presented as a new sun rising on the Washington media sky. The piece appears in the Feuilleton section of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, under a media rubric. No further details on the number of job losses, the timing of the cuts, or the ownership and staffing of The Washington Sun are given in the source material. The headline of the article invokes the idea of democracy dying in broad daylight.