Washington Post from more than 1,000 to 640

The Washington Post newsroom, once with more than 1,000 employees, now stands at less than 640 people, depleted by buyouts and staff defections.

A New York Times piece quotes  execute rditor Marcu Brauchi:

“When I was managing editor of The Washington Post, everything we did was better than anyone in the business,” he said. “We had the best weather, the best comics, the best news report, the fullest news report. Today, there’s a competitor who does every element of what we do, and many of them do it better. We’ve lost our edge in some very profound and fundamental ways.”

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