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Two Washington Post employees took parting shots at the paper as they announced their exits to a different location.
NOTUS (News of the United States), a digital news company founded in 2023 by the nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute, announced at a staff meeting Monday that nine journalists were joining its newsroom, seven of whom had worked at the Post.
Dana Milbank, a Post columnist for 26 years, issued a lengthy statement praising NOTUS publisher Robert Allbritton, son of the late financier and media mogul Joe Allbritton, who previously founded Politico, while appearing to take a swipe at The Post's billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
“It feels good to be associated with a public-spirited media owner who uses his billions to support journalism above all else, who is not afraid to hold the powerful accountable and who cares deeply about the Washington community,” Milbank wrote.
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Outgoing Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank made a silly mistake for the paper's billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, when he announced his exit. (Marvin Joseph / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Jeff Stein, The Post's chief economics reporter, similarly expressed his excitement about joining NOTUS in June but ignored his soon-to-be employer.
“I've loved the last 9 years, but my faith in the paper's current leadership is broken beyond repair,” Stein said.
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Other colleagues jumping ship to NOTUS include Post reporters Paul Kane, Paige Cunningham and Sam Fortier, columnist Andrew Van Dam and editor Missy Khamvongsa.
“These new additions — and many more to come — will join the talented reporters already working here as we transform NOTUS into the largest publication that covers Washington on a political and personal level,” NOTUS wrote in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital. “In the coming months, we will launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name that better reflects the breadth of journalism we produce.”
A spokesperson for The Washington Post told Fox News Digital, “We appreciate the contributions of our departed colleagues and wish them well in the next chapters of their careers.”
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The Washington Post initiated layoffs last month that affect about a third of all employees. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg)
The “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper has had newsroom turmoil and financial struggles in recent years.
In October 2024, just days before the presidential election, Bezos sparked a liberal backlash by rejecting the Post's expected endorsement of former Vice President Kamala Harris. He further exacerbated the media tension the following February by reorganizing the paper's editorial pages. Both of these situations have spurred employee turnover and subscription cancellations.
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Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has been the target of open criticism for his handling of the paper's “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for The New York Times)
Last month, the Post initiated layoffs, affecting a third of all employees. According to the New York Times, the paper faced an additional 60,000 canceled subscriptions. A spokesperson for the Post disputed that figure with the Times.
Washington Post editor-in-chief Matt Murray has admitted to Fox News Digital that “behavior has been a challenge” but expressed confidence that the paper will bounce back financially and support Bezos.
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