The #WashingtonPost laid off nearly one-third of its staff, including its sports department and local news team, in a move that has raised #concerns about the newspaper’s future. Former executive editor #MartyBaron attributes the layoffs to owner #JeffBezos’s desire to appease #DonaldTrump and protect his other businesses, Amazon and Blue Origin. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/05/mass-layoffs-washington-post?eicker.news #tech #media #news