Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs Across Newsroom WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Bernama-Anadolu) — The Washington Post on Wednesday began laying off hundreds of journalists as part of sweeping cuts expected to reduce the company’s total workforce by nearly one-third, according to reports and staff affected by the decision, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. The layoffs affect nearly all newsroom departments and will sharply scale back the paper’s local, international and sports coverage. Citing people with knowledge on the decision, The New York Times reported that more than 300 of the roughly 800 journalists in the newsroom are being cut, alongside reductions on the business side. In a memo to […]

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Trump administration to cut more than 500 Voice of America jobs despite court ruling—a controversial move reducing US government media presence abroad. #VoiceOfAmerica #MediaCuts #Trump

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.

🚨 After 57 years, CPB will shut down due to Trump-backed $1.1B funding cut. Big hit to PBS & NPR. #CPB #PBS #NPR #MediaCuts

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4/8 Trump terminated RFA's $60 million annual funding in March through executive order. The organization, created after Tiananmen Square, broadcasts in nine Asian languages to audiences with limited media access.

Nearly 400 U.S. staff laid off—90% of workforce.

#MediaCuts #RadioFreeAsia

Cut the Feed, Cut the Thread RE: Executive order threatening to defund NPR and PBS. Public media isn’t being cut because it’s loud or biased, but because it holds a kind of integrity that power finds inconvenient.

Executive order threatening to defund NPR and PBS. Public media isn’t being cut because it’s loud or biased, but because it holds a kind of integrity that power finds inconvenient.

#PBS #NPR #MediaCuts #PublicTrust #FirstAmendment #CivicImagination #InstitutionalDecay #VoicesMatter

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2/10 The cuts target the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees international broadcasters with a combined $886 million budget and 3,500 employees. Trump's order instructs the agency to reduce operations to "the bare minimum mandated by law."
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Trump's media cuts force Voice of America to shut down key news programs Voice of America (VOA), the US-funded international broadcaster, is facing one of its biggest upheavals in decades as sweeping layoffs take effect. On March 15, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an ...

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