The Washington Post (newspaper name)Huáshèngdùn Yóubào《华盛顿邮报》to lay off / layoffscáiyuán裁员approximatelyyuē约about 300sān bǎi míng三百名journalist / reporterjìzhě记者。
The Washington Post (newspaper name)
Huáshèngdùn Yóubào
《华盛顿邮报》
to lay off / layoffs
cáiyuán
裁员
approximately
yuē
约
about 300
sān bǎi míng
三百名
journalist / reporter
jìzhě
记者
United States
Měiguó
美国
major newspaper
dàbào
大报
The Washington Post
Huáshèngdùn Yóubào
《华盛顿邮报》
on
yú
于
February 4, 2026
èr líng èr liù nián èr yuè sì rì
2026年2月4日
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
layoffs
cáiyuán
裁员
approximately
yuē
约
about 300
sān bǎi míng
三百名
journalist / reporter
jìzhě
记者
this
zhè
这
is
shì
是
newspaper company
bàoshè
报社
journalist
jìzhě
记者
total number
zǒngshù
总数
structural particle
de
的
one third
sān fēn zhī yī
三分之一
sports
tǐyù
体育
and
hé
和
book review
shūpíng
书评
department
bùmén
部门
both / all
dōu
都
passive marker
bèi
被
to close / to shut down
guānbì
关闭
aspect particle
le
了
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
United States
Měiguó
美国
major newspaper
dàbào
大报
The Washington Post
Huáshèngdùn Yóubào
《华盛顿邮报》
in / at
zài
在
February
èryuè
二月
to lay off employees
cáiyuán
裁员
aspect particle
le
了
approximately
yuē
约
about 300
sān bǎi míng
三百名
journalist / reporter
jìzhě
记者
this
zhè
这
approximately
dàyuē
大约
is
shì
是
newspaper company
bàoshè
报社
journalist
jìzhě
记者
total number
zǒngshù
总数
structural particle
de
的
one third
sān fēn zhī yī
三分之一
newspaper company
bàoshè
报社
structural particle
de
的
sports
tǐyù
体育
department
bùmén
部门
and
hé
和
book review
shūpíng
书评
department
bùmén
部门
both / all
dōu
都
passive marker
bèi
被
to close / to shut down
guānbì
关闭
aspect particle
le
了
international
guójì
国际
news
xīnwén
新闻
and
hé
和
local
běndì
本地
news
xīnwén
新闻
structural particle
de
的
journalist
jìzhě
记者
also
yě
也
to reduce / to decrease
jiǎnshǎo
减少
aspect particle
le
了
a lot
hěn duō
很多
newspaper company
bàoshè
报社
structural particle
de
的
podcast
bōkè
播客
program / show
jiémù
节目
also
yě
也
to go off air / to be suspended
tíngbō
停播
aspect particle
le
了
The Washington Post
Huáshèngdùn Yóubào
《华盛顿邮报》
is
shì
是
Amazon
Yàmǎxùn
亚马逊
structural particle
de
的
founder
chuàngshǐrén
创始人
Jeff (first name)
Jiéfū
杰夫
Bezos (last name)
Bèizuǒsī
贝佐斯
in
zài
在
in 2013
èr líng yī sān nián
2013年
to buy
mǎi
买
structural particle
de
的
many / a lot of
hěn duō
很多
people
rén
人
very
hěn
很
to worry / to be concerned
dānxīn
担心
this
zhè cì
这次
layoffs
cáiyuán
裁员
will / might
huì
会
to affect
yǐngxiǎng
影响
news
xīnwén
新闻
quality
zhìliàng
质量
this
zhè cì
这次
layoffs
cáiyuán
裁员
is
shì
是
United States
Měiguó
美国
media
méitǐ
媒体
industry
hángyè
行业
structural particle
de
的
a / one
yī gè
一个
important
zhòngyào
重要
news story
xīnwén
新闻
News in English
BusinessWashington Post Lays Off About 300 Journalists, One Third of Its Newsroom
The Washington Post announced layoffs of about 300 journalists on February 4, 2026, roughly one third of its newsroom. The sports and book review departments were closed, and the flagship podcast was suspended.
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Meta
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裁员
8,000 people
bā qiān rén
八千人
to accelerate / to speed up
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加速
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向
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人工智能
business / operations
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业务
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转型
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