The Washington Post gets new internal mission amid company challenges

[Karah]

THE WASHINGTON POST HAS A NEW MISSION STATEMENT AHEAD OF PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP’S SECOND TERM … *AND* AS THE NEWS OUTLET DEALS WITH MULTIPLE CHALLENGES … INCLUDING STAFF MEMBERS LEAVING AND A DECREASE IN READERSHIP. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED FRIDAY … THE POST REVEALED TO STAFF IT’S NEW NEWSROOM PHILOSOPHY – “RIVETING STORYTELLING FOR ALL OF AMERICA”.

ACCORDING TO THE TIMES, THE POST DOESN’T PLAN TO REPLACE ITS PUBLIC SLOGAN “DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS” –

WHICH THE COMPANY ADOPTED IN 20-17 AFTER TRUMP ENTERED THE WHITE HOUSE THE FIRST TIME. 

TWO SOURCES TOLD THE TIMES, THE NEW INTERNAL SLOGAN IS MEANT TO BE A RALLYING POINT FOR EMPLOYEES.

THIS COMES AS THE COMPANY FACES SEVERAL ISSUES … LIKE HIGH-PROFILE DEPARTURES BY TOP EDITORS, WRITERS, AND REPORTERS AFTER JEFF BEZOS – THE POST’S OWNER – DECIDED AGAINST RUNNING A STAFF EDITORIAL ENDORSING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE PAPER LOST 200-THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS AFTER THAT.

BEZOS AND TRUMP HAVE HAD A CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE OF BEZOS’ OWNERSHIP OF THE POST AND HOW THE PAPER WRITES ABOUT TRUMP.

WHILE BEZOS HAS CRITICIZED TRUMP IN THE PAST … HE NOW SAYS HE’S OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIS SECOND TERM. 

THE RECENT STAFF EXODUS ALSO LED TO HUNDREDS OF POST EMPLOYEES WRITING A LETTER TO BEZOS THIS WEEK.

IN THE LETTER OBTAINED BY C-N-N … STAFF QUESTIONED THE PAPER’S DIRECTION AND FUTURE GIVEN AN EMPLOYEE EXODUS AND SUBSCRIPTION LOSSES – URGING BEZOS TO INTERVENE.

THE POST ALSO LAID OFF AROUND 100 EMPLOYEES THIS MONTH FROM ITS BUSINESS DIVISION … WHICH THE COMPANY SAID WAS PART OF A PLAN TO “ADJUST CHANGING BUSINESS CONDITIONS.”

BEZOS HAS NOT COMMENTED ON THE NEW INTERNAL MISSION STATEMENT OR THE RECENT LETTER WRITTEN BY STAFF. 

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